John 5:11

11 But he answered them, "The man who healed me -- he's the one who told me, `Pick up your mat and walk.'"

John 5:11 Meaning and Commentary

John 5:11

He answered them
That is, the impotent man, who was now made whole, replied to the Jews:

he that made me whole, the same said unto me, take up thy bed and
walk;
intimating, that he that had such divine power, as to make him whole, had power to dispense with the sabbath, and such an action on it; and that his word was warrant and authority sufficient, to support him in what he did; for he that had wrought this cure for him, he concluded must be from God; was at least a great prophet, and to be hearkened to and obeyed, in one thing as well as another.

John 5:11 In-Context

9 Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and walked. Now that day was Shabbat,

10 so the Judeans said to the man who had been healed, "It's Shabbat! It's against Torah for you to carry your mat!"

11 But he answered them, "The man who healed me -- he's the one who told me, `Pick up your mat and walk.'"

12 They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick it up and walk?"

13 But the man who had been healed didn't know who it was, because Yeshua had slipped away into the crowd.