John 5:14

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple.

The man probably went there, moved with gratitude, to give thanks for the great mercy he had received. Still the temple was the great place of public resort in Jerusalem of all classes; great crowds gathered there, and he may only have wished to see and mingle again among his fellows, and to visit scenes from which he had long been excluded.

Sin no more, lest. worse thing come unto thee.

His own sins, thirty-eight years before, had brought on his infirmity. What was their nature we are not informed, but we know that often our fleshly ills can thus be accounted for. The words of Jesus show to the man that he knew his whole life, and brought up. flood of memories. His sins when he was young had ruined his health; now he is well, but is warned to beware lest. worse thing come upon him.