John 5:13

13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for ¹Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.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 But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk. ’”

12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’? ”

13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.

14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you. ”

15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.

Cross References

• 1. 5:13 [ch. 6:15]