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But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
John 5:13 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
  • BSB But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.
  • NKJV But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place.
  • NASB But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place.
  • NLT The man didn’t know, for Jesus had disappeared into the crowd.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 4

  • Luke 4:30But he, passing through the middle of them, went his way.
  • Luke 24:31Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.
  • John 8:59Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.
  • John 14:9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’

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