He answered them, "He who made me well, the same said to me, 'Take up your mat, and walk.'"
The man did not know who Jesus was. This indicates that it was not his faith that had elicited the healing as much as God’s grace reaching out to a needy person. Jesus had slipped away probably to avoid premature confrontation (cf. John 6:15; John 8:59; John 10:39; John 12:36).