John 5:15

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

[Then] the man left and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

Cross References

Mark 1:45

But [instead] the man went out telling everyone about the miracle of healing and spreading the story widely, so that Jesus was not able to enter a town publicly but had to remain outside in deserted places. [So], people went to Him there from all over the region.

John 1:19

And this is the testimony John [the Immerser] gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” [Note: Levites were men who assisted the priests in the Temple service].

John 4:29

“Come [and] see a man who told me everything I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”

John 5:10

So, the Jews said to the man who was healed, “It is not permissible for you to pick up your cot because it is the Sabbath day.”

John 5:12

[Then] they asked him, “Who is this man who said to you, ‘Pick up your cot and walk?’”

John 5:16

So, for this reason the Jews began persecuting Jesus, because He did these [kinds of] things on the Sabbath day.

John 5:18

So, for this reason the Jews looked for more [opportunities] to kill Him, because He not only broke Sabbath day [restrictions], but also He had called God His own Father, [thereby] making Himself equal with God.

John 9:15

So, the Pharisees also asked him again how his sight was restored. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes; I washed [myself], and [now] I can see.”

John 9:25

So, he answered, “I do not know if he is a sinner or not. But one thing I do know; I used to be blind, but now I can see.”

John 9:30

The man replied, “Is not that strange! You do not know where he came from and yet he restored my sight! [Note: The next sentence may be the beggar stating the Pharisees’ argument. See verse 24].

John 9:34

They replied to the beggar, “You were born entirely in sins [i.e., you have been a sinner all your life], and you are [trying] to teach us?” Then they threw him out [of the synagogue. See verse 22].