Then said they unto him, Where is he? And he said, I know not — the neighbors ask where Jesus is. The man does not know ('I know not,' ouk oida). This establishes the man's innocence of any conspiracy: he has not been tutored or prepared. His only knowledge is what he has directly experienced. The question also sets up the next stage: Jesus has disappeared from the scene, and the healing becomes the focus of investigation without Jesus's immediate presence to explain or defend it.

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