Findeth him (ευρισκε αυτον). Dramatic present as in 1:45, possibly after search as in 9:35.

Sin no more (μ…

Findeth him. He fell in with him, or saw him.

In the temple. The man seems to have gone at once to the temple—perhaps a pr…

Afterward.—There is no mark of time. Probably it was on the same day. Perhaps the first use of his restored power was to go to the…

Probably, this man's illness had been caused by sin. Christ bids him to keep clear of sin from now on, so that a worse calamity would not come upon…

St. John Chrysostom: The man, when healed, did not go to the marketplace or give himself up to pleasure or vainglory. Instead,…

Jesus’ interest in the man is implied in the word “found.” Apparently Jesus searched for him out of a concern for his spiritual state as well as fo…

After these things Jesus found him. These words show still more clearly that, when Christ concealed himself for a time, it was not so that…

Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple
Perhaps on the same day; for as soon as he had been at home, and laid down h…

Those relieved from the punishment of sin are in danger of returning to sin when the terror and restraint are over, unless Divine grace dries up th…

1. Having seen a visible miracle that shows the power of Christ to restore spiritual life, we now see an opportunity given to him to teach. …