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Commentaries on John 5:13

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

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...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

We have in the gospels a faithful record of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Acts i. 1. These two are interwoven, because what he taught explained what he did, and what he did confirmed what he taught. Accordingly, we have in this chapter a miracle and a sermon. I. The miracle was the cure of an impotent man that had been diseased thirty-eight years, with the circumstances of that...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. He never sought notoriety; but avoided popular demonstrations in his favor. The man who had been healed had exercised faith in Jesus, but he knew very little about him. A certain something in the air and mien of Christ had won his faith; but he did not know his name, or who he was....