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John 4:46–53

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THE SECOND SIGN: HEALING AN OFFICIAL’S SON

46He went again to Canaq of Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.r 47When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judeas into Galilee, he went to him and pleaded with him to come down and heal his son, since he was about to die.

48Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders,t you will not believe.”u

49“Sir,”v the official said to him, “come down before my boy dies.”

50“Go,” Jesus told him, “your son will live.” The man believed whatE Jesus said to him and departed.

51While he was still going down, his servants met him saying that his boy was alive. 52He asked them at what time he got better. “Yesterday at one in the afternoonF the fever left him,” they answered. 53The fatherw realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” So he himself believed, along with his whole household.

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John 4:50: Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.

Footnotes

  1. E the word
  2. F at the seventh hour

Cross references

  1. qJn 2:1,11; 21:2
  2. rLk 10:15
  3. sLk 1:5
  4. tEx 7:3–4; Mk 13:22; Jn 2:23–25; 6:26
  5. uJn 3:16; 6:64; 20:25
  6. vLk 10:1
  7. wLk 11:11; Col 3:21

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering. So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all his household.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

“Unless you people see signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”

The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

“Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”

The man took Jesus at his word and departed. While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”

Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household believed.

NLTNew Living Translation

As he traveled through Galilee, he came to Cana, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a government official in nearby Capernaum whose son was very sick. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.

Jesus asked, “Will you never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?”

The official pleaded, “Lord, please come now before my little boy dies.”

Then Jesus told him, “Go back home. Your son will live!” And the man believed what Jesus said and started home.

While the man was on his way, some of his servants met him with the news that his son was alive and well. He asked them when the boy had begun to get better, and they replied, “Yesterday afternoon at one o’clock his fever suddenly disappeared!” Then the father realized that that was the very time Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and his entire household believed in Jesus.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was at Capernaum a certain royal official whose son was sick. This man, when he heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, went to him and asked that he come down and heal his son, for he was about to die. So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe!” The royal official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!” Jesus said to him, “Go, your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he departed.

Now as he was going down, his slaves met him, saying that his child was alive. So he inquired from them the hour at which he had gotten better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” So the father knew that it was that same hour at which Jesus said to him, “Your son will live,” and he himself believed, and his whole household.

KJV 1900King James Version

So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.