John 5:15

‘The man went away and told the Judaisers that it was Jesus who had made him whole.'

This may suggest that he recognised that he was ‘in trouble' with the authorities and wanted to clear himself. He could otherwise have found himself excluded from the synagogue (the local Jewish place of worship). But note the statement. The man told them, not that it was Jesus who had told him to carry the bedding, but that it was Jesus who had made him whole. He wants Jesus to get the credit and perhaps possibly thinks that now the Scribes and Pharisees will recognise their error. But the Scribes and Pharisees think only of the carrying of the mattress. They ignore the greater sign. It is typical of man's fallen state that he is able to overlook what God does because he is so taken up with petty affairs.