Johannes 5:13

13 Der Geheilte aber wußte nicht, wer es sei; denn Jesus war entwichen, weil eine Volksmenge an dem Orte war.

Johannes 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

John 5:13

And he that was healed, wist not who he was
He had never seen, and perhaps had never heard of Christ before, and so knew him not; and besides, Christ gave him no opportunity of conversing with him, or so much as to ask him who he was:

for Jesus had conveyed himself away;
had slipped away, as soon as ever he had wrought the miracle:

a multitude being in [that] place;
or "from the multitude that were in [that] place"; not that he hid himself among them, and there remained undiscovered; but he passed through them, and went his way to the temple, where he found the man he had healed, as in the following verse.

Johannes 5:13 In-Context

11 Er antwortete ihnen: Der mich gesund machte, der sagte zu mir: Nimm dein Bett auf und wandle.
12 Da fragten sie ihn: Wer ist der Mensch, der zu dir sagte: Nimm dein Bett auf und wandle?
13 Der Geheilte aber wußte nicht, wer es sei; denn Jesus war entwichen, weil eine Volksmenge an dem Orte war.
14 Danach findet Jesus ihn im Tempel, und er sprach zu ihm: Siehe, du bist gesund geworden; sündige nicht mehr, auf daß dir nichts Ärgeres widerfahre.
15 Der Mensch ging hin und verkündete den Juden, daß es Jesus sei, der ihn gesund gemacht habe.
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