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Concept

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.”

Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain

Key verses

Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(John 5:2) The world “market” is an interpolation of our translators. We ought probably to supply the word “gate.”

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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