Encyclopedia entry
Sheep-market
Occurs only in John 5:2 (marg., also R.V., “sheep-gate”). The word so rendered is an adjective, and it is uncertain whether the noun to be supplied should be “gate” or, following the Vulgate Version, “pool.”
In the Bible
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Verses where Sheep-market is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- John 5:2
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
Scripture on Sheep-market
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Sheep-market references
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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