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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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that it was a pool enclosed within five porches, by<br />

<strong>the</strong> sheep-market, presumably 8f;^iL*i9** close to<br />

<strong>the</strong> * Sheep-Gate.'* This, as seems most likely,<br />

opened from <strong>the</strong> busy nor<strong>the</strong>rn suburb <strong>of</strong> markets,<br />

bazaars, <strong>and</strong> workshops, eastwards upon <strong>the</strong> road<br />

which led over <strong>the</strong> Mount <strong>of</strong> Olives <strong>and</strong> Bethany to<br />

Jericho.' In that case, most probability would<br />

attach to <strong>the</strong> identification <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pool Be<strong>the</strong>sda<br />

with a pool somewhat north <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> so-called Birkst<br />

IsraU, At present it is wholly ffiled with rubbish,<br />

but in <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Crusaders it seems to have<br />

borne <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sheep-pond, <strong>and</strong>, it was<br />

thought, traces <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> five porches could still be<br />

detected. Be this as it may, it certainly bore in <strong>the</strong><br />

* Hebrew' —or ra<strong>the</strong>r Aramaean—^ tongue,' <strong>the</strong><br />

name Beihesda. No doubt this name was<br />

designative, though <strong>the</strong> common explanations—<br />

Beth Chisda (so most modem writers, <strong>and</strong><br />

WathiTis) * House <strong>of</strong> Mercy ' (?), Beth Istehlia<br />

(KJ^PK, Delitzsch), ^ House <strong>of</strong> Porches,' <strong>and</strong> Beth<br />

Zej/iha (West' cott) * House <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Olive '—seem<br />

all unsatisfactory. More probability attaches to <strong>the</strong><br />

rendering Beth AtnUha {Wun8che\ or Betli

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