Bethesda, (Hebrew: בית-חסדא, literally: "House of Grace") originally referring to the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem (in the New Testament of the Christian Bible), may also refer to:
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Bethesda [1] is a city in Montgomery County in the state of Maryland. It is located right on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., inside the Beltway.
Bethesda was a quiet suburb until 1984, when the Metro Red Line was extended. This brought an explosion of growth, and many high rises were built. Some critics argue that the rapid growth of Bethesda has given it an over-commercialized feel.
Bethesda has its own stop on the Washington, D.C. Metro Red Line at the intersection of Wisconsin and Old Georgetown Avenues, which are in turn the major arteries for getting in by car. Take note, though, that parking is usually only available in the garages, and it's not a cheap place to park—much of the Capital Region's suburban residents come here regularly for dining, so those parking spots are in high demand.
The Bethesda circulator [2] will take you everywhere you need to go, and for free. It runs every ten minutes M-Th 7AM-midnight, F 7AM-2AM, Sa 6PM-2AM. You'll know it right away since it's mocked up like a trolley. But keep in mind that you can just walk around downtown Bethesda—it's not so big. Traveling around greater Bethesda, on the other hand, is difficult if you don't have a car.
You don't come here for the sights, you come here for restaurants and bars. Nonetheless, you might be interested to see:
There are many places to shop in Bethesda. Stop by the Apple Store, one of the very few in the capital area, located in the vicinity of the Bethesda Row Theater.
Bethesda has about 180 restaurants. It is known throughout the Washington D.C. area for the abundance of restaurants in the downtown area.
All of Maryland, including Bethesda, is smoke-free in restaurants and bars.
The Capital Crescent Trail [26] passes through Bethesda, and provides a bike trail from Georgetown to Silver Spring. Between Bethesda and Georgetown the trail is smooth asphalt suitable for rollerblading, while from Bethesda to Silver Spring is currently loose gravel.
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A Sequel
I saw again the spirits on a day,
Where on the earth in mournful case they lay;
Five porches were there, and a pool, and round,
Huddling in blankets, strewn upon the ground,
Tied-up and bandaged, weary, sore and spent,
The maimed and halt, diseased and impotent.
For a great angel came, ’twas said, and stirred
The pool at certain seasons, and the word
Was, with this people of the sick, that they
Who in the waters here their limbs should lay
Before the motion on the surface ceased
Should of their torment straightway be released.
So with shrunk bodies and with heads down-dropt,
Stretched on the steps, and at the pillars propt,
Watching by day and listening through the night,
They filled the place, a miserable sight.
And I beheld that on the stony floor
He too, that spoke of duty once before,
No otherwise than others here to-day,
Foredone and sick and sadly muttering lay.
‘I know not, I will do what is it I would say?
What was that word which once sufficed alone for all,
Which now I seek in vain, and never can recall?’
And then, as weary of in vain renewing
His question, thus his mournful thought pursuing,
‘I know not, I must do as other men are doing.’
But what the waters of that pool might be,
Of Lethe were they, or Philosophy;
And whether he, long waiting, did attain
Deliverance from the burden of his pain
There with the rest; or whether, yet before,
Some more diviner stranger passed the door
With his small company into that sad place,
And, breathing hope into the sick man’s face,
Bade him take up his bed, and rise and go,
What the end were, and whether it were so,
Further than this I saw not, neither know
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BETHESDA (i.e. " House of Mercy," John v. 2), better perhaps Bethzatha Or Bethsaida, a pool or public bath in Jerusalem, where miraculous cures were believed to be performed. The following identifications have been suggested: Birket Isra`il, near St Stephen's gate; a large cistern, near St Anne's church; the "Twin Pools," north of the Haram (the ancient Temple area); the Hammam esh-Shifa', or pool of healing, west of the Haram; the Virgin's fountain, south of the Haram; and the "Pool of Siloam." Which, if any, of these identifications is correct, it is impossible to say.
Categories: BET-BIL | Middle East | New Testament
house of mercy, a reservoir (Gr. kolumbethra, "a swimming bath")
with five porches, close to the sheep-gate or market (Neh. 3:1;
John 5:2). Eusebius the historian (A.D. 330) calls it "the
sheep-pool." It is also called "Bethsaida" and "Beth-zatha" (John
5:2, R.V. marg.). Under these "porches" or colonnades were usually
a large number of infirm people waiting for the "troubling of the
water." It is usually identified with the modern so-called Fountain
of the Virgin, in the valley of the Kidron, and not far from the
Pool of Siloam (q.v.); and also with the Birket Israel, a pool near
the mouth of the valley which runs into the Kidron south of "St.
Stephen's Gate." Others again identify it with the twin pools
called the "Souterrains," under the convent of the Sisters of Zion,
situated in what must have been the rock-hewn ditch between Bezetha
and the fortress of Antonia. But quite recently Schick has
discovered a large tank, as sketched here, situated about 100 feet
north-west of St. Anne's Church, which is, as he contends, very
probably the Pool of Bethesda. No certainty as to its
identification, however, has as yet been arrived at. (See FOUNTAIN
�T0001378; GIHON.)
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