John 5:15
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And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
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The man departed, and told, &c.--little thinking how unwelcome his grateful and eager testimony would be. "The darkness received not the light which was pouring its rays upon it" (Joh 1:5, Joh 1:11) [OLSHAUSEN].
Open source ↗We have in the gospels a faithful record of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Act 1:1. These two are interwoven, because what he taught explained what he did, and what he did confirmed what he taught. Accordingly, we have in this chapter a miracle and a sermon. I. The miracle was the cure of an impotent man that had been diseased thirty-eight years, with the circumstances of that cure (v. 1-16). II. The sermon was Christ's vindication of himself before the sanhedrim, when he was prosecuted as a criminal for healing the man on the sabbath day, in which, 1. He asserts his authority as Messiah, and Mediator between God and man (Joh 5:17-29). 2. He proves it by the testimony of his Father, of John Baptist, of his miracles, and of the scriptures of the Old Testament, and condemns the Jews for their unbelief (v. 30-47).
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“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”
But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”
And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
“Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.