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John 5:13 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. "
John 5:13
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He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
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John 5:1
"After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem."
John 5:2
"Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches."
John 5:3
"In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water."
John 5:4
"For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had."
John 5:5
"And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years."
John 5:6
"When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?"
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