# General Information:

Verse 5 introduces the man lying beside the pool to the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants]])

# was there

"was at the Bethesda pool" ([John 5:1](./01.md))

# thirty-eight years

"38 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# he realized

"he understood" or "he found out"

# he said to him

"Jesus said to the paralyzed man"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]