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Then the man went and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had healed him.
John 5:15 · New Living Translation
Parallel translations
  • WEB The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
  • KJV The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
  • BSB And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
  • ESV The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.
  • NKJV The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
  • NASB The man went away, and informed the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

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Quick answer

The man told the leaders it was Jesus who had healed him. His report, whether grateful or fearful, intensifies the opposition to Jesus.

Overview

Once the man learns Jesus' identity, he reports it to the authorities. The text leaves his motive unstated. The effect is to bring the conflict to a head, as the leaders now turn their attention directly against Jesus.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 9

  • John 9:11–12He answered, “A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.’ So I went away and washed, and I received sight.”
  • Mark 1:45But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.
  • John 9:25He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
  • John 4:29“Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?”
  • John 9:15Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see.”
  • John 9:30The man answered them, “How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
  • John 5:12Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat, and walk’?”
  • John 9:34They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” They threw him out.
  • John 1:19This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

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Christ at the center

John declares him plainly: the eternal Word made flesh, the Lamb of God, the great 'I AM' — bread, light, door, shepherd, way, truth, life, resurrection — that you may believe and have life in his name.

How John 5:15 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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