John 5:13

13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

John 5:13 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
English Standard Version (ESV)
13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.
New Living Translation (NLT)
13 The man didn’t know, for Jesus had disappeared into the crowd.
The Message Bible (MSG)
13 But the healed man didn't know, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd.
American Standard Version (ASV)
13 But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
13 But the man who had been healed didn't know who Jesus was. (Jesus had withdrawn from the crowd.)
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
13 But the man who was cured did not know who it was, because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
13 The one who was healed had no idea who it was. Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

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 replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”
12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”
13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”
15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.
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