Bible Strands
John 5:15
And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The healed man departs and reports to the Jewish authorities that Jesus performed the restoration. This action follows Jesus' temple warning and directly precedes the authorities' persecution of Jesus for Sabbath work.
The words — ἀπῆλθεν (apēlthen) records the man's departure, while ἀνὴγγειλεν (anēngeilen) specifies his act of reporting. The text explicitly states he identified Jesus as the one who healed him.
The thread — The man's public report parallels the leper in Mark 1:45 who openly spread the news and the Samaritan woman in John 4:29 who directed others to Jesus based on his personal revelation. John 9:11 follows the same pattern of a healed individual crediting Jesus for his restoration.
Why it lands — The text records a factual report that inadvertently triggers institutional opposition to Jesus. It requires the reader to recognize that identifying Jesus as the source of healing carries immediate religious and social consequences.
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The Greek words
King James Version
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
Cross-references
- Mark 1:45 But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
- John 4:29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
- John 9:11 He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
- John 9:25 He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”
- John 1:19 And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
- John 5:12 “Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.
- John 9:15 So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”
- John 9:30 “That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
- John 9:34 They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.