John 5:13

13 But the man who had been cured did not know who it was; for Jesus had passed out unnoticed, there being a crowd in the place.

John 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.

John 5:13 In-Context

11 "He who cured me," he replied, "said to me, `Take up your mat and walk.'"

12 "Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, `Take up your mat and walk'?"

13 But the man who had been cured did not know who it was; for Jesus had passed out unnoticed, there being a crowd in the place.

14 Afterwards Jesus found him in the Temple and said to him, "You are now restored to health. Do not sin any more, or a worse thing may befall you."

15 The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had restored him to health;