John 5:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitudea being in that place. ”

John 5:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wist not - Knew not. Had conveyed himself away - Was lost in the crowd. He had silently mingled with the multitude, or had passed on with the crowd unobserved, and the man had been so rejoice...
John 5:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:9 b - John 5:15 . The Conflict with the Authorities. With the man himself the Jews raise the question of bearing burdens on the Sabbath ( cf. Jeremiah 17:21 ). The man's ignorance of...
John 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And . But. was healed . had been healed. wist . knew. App-132. Anglo-Saxon wit an = to know. conveyed Himself away . turned aside, as if to avoid. blow. Greek ekneuo. Occurs only here. m...
John 5:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. And he who had been cured knew not who he was. Christ certainly did not intend that the glory of so great a work should pass away, but he intended that it should become generally known b...
John 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. Jesus had conveyed himself away - Or, had withdrawn himself. And this he might easi...
John 5:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Had conveyed himself away,— Casaubon observes, that the wind εξενευσεν, by which the evangelist expresses Christ's escape, being a metaphor borrowed from swimming, signifies, that he glided through...
John 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. And, [ de ( G1161 ), or rather, 'But'] he that was healed wist not who it...
John 5:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bethesda. Christ and the Sabbath 1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a parable illustrating the deadly...
John 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For Jesus had conveyed himself away. — The second clause of this verse, as is shown by the marginal rendering, was not intended by our translators to convey the impression that a crowd had assemble...
John 5:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 SABBATH CURE AT BETHESDA. “After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebr...
John 5:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sabbath Work That Pleases the Father John 5:10-18 In the foregoing incident our Lord not only healed the sufferer after thirty-eight years of deferred hope, but did so on the Sabbath, and bade...
John 5:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter w...
John 5:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep-market, a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porches. (3) In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, wither...
John 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. Ver. 13. Had conveyed himself away ] Lest by his presence that work should be h...
John 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then asked they, What man is that , &c. Dropping all mention of the cure, they only fix on what seemed liable to exception. They do not ask, Who made thee well? but, Who bade thee take up this b...
John 5:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of...
John 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Cure at the Pool of Bethesda. 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at J...
John 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Christ came as a stranger to the pool, and only wrought this miracle, so as the impotent man that was healed had no time to inquire who he was: and there being there a crowd of people, Christ had thr...
John 5:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Healing of the Disabled Man at the Pool ( John 5:1-18 ). When John recounts an incident in the life of Jesus we must always ask what it is intended to illustrate, for he always has a purpose i...
John 5:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES “Up to the present time our Lord has offered Himself to typical representatives of the whole Jewish race at Jerusalem, in Judæa, in Samaria, and in Galilee, in such...
John 5:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 5:1 . After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. For he had respect to the Law. As long as the Law lasted, Christ observed it. Oh, that we were as careful to o...
John 5:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 5:2 . Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda, which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for...
John 5:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

After this there was a feast of the Jews The Pool of Bethesda, a type of favoured localities in a religious community in which the highest miraculous aid has not yet appeared The miraculous aid...
John 5:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel ( John 5:1 ) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM , GALILEE , AND JERUSALEM , TO THE DEATH...
John 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The objections of the Jews:
John 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 14:9 ; John 8:59 ; Luke 24:31 ; Luke 4:30

John 5:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 5:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 5:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 5:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 5:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 5:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 5:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 5:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 5:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 5:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 5:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 5:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 5:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 5:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 5:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge