John 5:13

13 And he that was healed knew not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in [that] 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 answered them, He that healed me, the same said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12 Then they asked him, What man is that who said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13 And he that was healed knew not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in [that] place.
14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art cured: sin no more, lest a worse thing come to thee.
15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.
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