“Is autem qui sanus fuerat effectus, nesciebat quis esset. Jesus enim declinavit a turba constituta in loco.”
“And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. a multitude: or, from the multitude that was”
“But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.”
“But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.”
“But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place.”
(4.) The poor man was unable to give them any account of him: He wist not who he was, v. 13.
Verses 10-16 Those eased of the punishment of sin, are in danger of returning to sin, when the terror and restraint are over, unless Divine grace dries up the fountain. The misery believers are made whole from, warns us to sin no more, having felt the smart of sin. This is the voice of every providence, Go, and sin no more. Christ saw it necessary to give this caution; for it is common for people, when sick, to promise much; when newly recovered, to perform only something; but after awhile to forget all. Christ spoke of the wrath to come, which is beyond compare worse than the many hours, nay, weeks and years of pain, some wicked men have to suffer in consequence of their unlawful indulgences. And if such afflictions are severe, how dreadful will be the everlasting punishment of the wicked!