“He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.”
So they asked him, 'Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?' — the authorities shift focus from the mat-carrier to the authority figure. The Greek interrogative ti tis (who is this?) suggests they do not yet know Jesus or do not recognize his authority. Their question, while seeking identification, implicitly denies his legitimacy.
Church Fathers on John 5:11
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
The feast of Pentecost. Jesus always went up to Jerusalem at the time of the feasts, that it might be seen that He was not an enemy to, but an observer of, the Law. And it gave Him the opportunity of impressing the simple multitude by miracles and teaching: as great numbers used then to collect from the neighboring towns.
The pool by the sheep-market, is the place where the priest washed the animals that were going to be sacrificed.
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