13
Butδὲthe man who had been healedὁ ἰαθεὶςdid notοὐκknowᾔδειwhoτίςit was,ἐστινforγὰρJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςhad slipped away,ἐξένευσενthere beingὄντοςa crowdὄχλουinἐνthe place.τῷ τόπῳ
John 5:13
Study it in the app“But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away, there being a crowd in the place.”
With the Greek beneath
John 5:13, word by word
- the man who had been healedἰαθεὶςiatheis
heal
Heal, cure.
Where else “iatheis” appears- knowᾔδειēidei
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “ēidei” appears- it wasἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- had slipped awayἐξένευσενexeneusen
slip away
Withdraw, slip away unnoticed.
Where else “exeneusen” appears- a crowdὄχλουochlou
crowd
A lot of people together.
Where else “ochlou” appears- the placeτόπῳtopōi
place
A specific spot where something is or happens.
Where else “topōi” appears
The context
12They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick it up and walk’?”
13 · This verse (above)
14After these things Jesus finds him in the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse may happen to you.”
To study John 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask the man who had been ill for thirty-eight years, and what does he tell him to do? What problem do the Jews see? (vv. 5-16)
2. What it means
Jesus says the works he does bear witness about him (v. 36). What other witnesses does he mention in this chapter? (vv. 31-47)
3. How I live it
Jesus asked the sick man, “Do you want to get well?” (v. 6). What change would you like to ask God for in your life today?