Joh 5:3 | RWP | e4.org | In these ( εν ταυταις ). In these five porches. Lay ( κατεκειτο ). Imperfect middle of κατακειμα , to lie down, singular number because πληθος (multitude) is a collective substantive. Withered ( ξηρων ). Old adjective ξηρος for dry, wasted as the hand ( ). The oldest and best manuscripts omit what the Textus Receptus adds here "waiting for the moving of the water" ( εκδεχομενον την του υδατος κινησιν ), a Western and Syrian addition to throw light on the word ταραχθη (is troubled) in verse .

‏ John 5:3

In these ( εν ταυταις ). In these five porches.

Lay ( κατεκειτο ). Imperfect middle of κατακειμα, to lie down, singular number because πληθος (multitude) is a collective substantive.

Withered ( ξηρων ). Old adjective ξηρος for dry, wasted as the hand (Mt 12:10). The oldest and best manuscripts omit what the Textus Receptus adds here "waiting for the moving of the water" ( εκδεχομενον την του υδατος κινησιν ), a Western and Syrian addition to throw light on the word ταραχθη (is troubled) in verse 7.