George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
John 4:53
Thy son liveth; i.e. thy son is recovered, at this very moment. (Witham)
Thy son liveth; i.e. thy son is recovered, at this very moment. (Witham)
Verse John 4:53. _SO THE FATHER KNEW_] He had the fullest proof that his son's cure was supernatural, and that it was wrought by the Lord Jesus. _HIMSELF BELIEVED, AND HIS WHOLE HOUSE._] He and his...
HIMSELF BELIEVED - This miracle removed all his doubts, and he became a real disciple and friend of Jesus. HIS WHOLE HOUSE - His whole family. We may learn from this, 1. That sickness or any deep aff...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. He Must Needs Pass Through Samaria. (John 4:1 .)_ 2. At Sychar's Well; Jesus and the Samaritan Woman. (John 4:6 .) 3. The Woman's Witness and the Believing Samaritans. (John 4:27 .)...
THE HEALING OF THE SON OF THE KING'S OFFICER. The narrative is plain and needs little comment. The similarity of the story to Matthew 8:5 ff. (Luke 7:2 ff.) has often been noticed since the time of Ir...
HIMSELF BELIEVED, AND HIS WHOLE HOUSE. Henceforth this household was among the believers. It is. natural and pardonable curiosity that leads us to seek their further history. He was an officer of Hero...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
So again he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain courtier whose son was ill in Capernaum. When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judaea into Ga...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
_himself believed_ This is the last stage in the growth of the man's faith, a growth which S. John sketches for us here as in the case of the Samaritan woman. In both cases the spiritual development i...
THE WORK AMONG GALILEANS...
ἜΓΝΩ. _Recognised_, perceived. ἘΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΕΝ. Εἰς αὐτόν, i.e. as the Messiah: comp. John 4:42; John 1:7; John 1:51; John 6:36;...
Ver 46. 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. 47. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea in...
_THIS COULD BE THE CHRIST BECAUSE OF HIS MIRACLES AND SIGNS -- JOHN 4:46-54:_ The healing of the nobleman's son was a second miracle at Cana. It was here that Jesus had made the water into wine. (John...
ΈΓΝΩ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, см:, ст. 1. Отец "знает, что слова Иисуса подействовали мгновенно (Schlatter), ΚΑΊ (G2532) и; вводит результат встречи с Христом....
HEALING A NOBLEMAN'S SON AT CAPERNAUM _Text 4:46-54_ 46 He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 4:43-54 What has been before us from verse 4 to the end of verse 42 in this chapter is in the nature of a parenthesis, inasmuch as these verses record what occur...
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. SO THE FATHER KNEW THAT IT WAS AT THE SAME HOUR IN THE...
19 Compare Mat_14:3-5; Mar_6:17-18. 19 Herod's treatment of John is here inserted ahead of time to close the account of John's ministry before opening that of his Master's. 21-22 Compare Mat_3:13-17...
BEGINNING OF THE MINISTRY PROPER IN GALILEE, December, 27 a.d. HEALING OF THE NOBLEMAN'S SON. 44. Our Lord's OWN COUNTRY here is probably Judæa, where He was born, and which the ancient prophecies ind...
THE SAMARITAN WOMAN 1-42. Christ in Samaria. The ministry in Samaria is recorded because it is the author's design to exhibit Christ as the Saviour, not only of Israel, but of the world (John 4:42)....
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 4 JESUS TALKS TO A WOMAN IN *SAMARIA 4:1-26 V1 The *Pharisees heard that Jesus was *baptising more people than John the...
SO THE FATHER KNEW. — He was not mistaken, then. The power he had felt when these words were spoken to him was real. The hours that had passed since, as he hastened to know all, had prepared him to re...
CHAPTER 11 THE SECOND SIGN IN GALILEE. “In the mean while the disciples prayed Him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But He said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. The disciples therefore said one to...
_Jesus passes into Galilee and there heals the son of a nobleman_....
THE REWARD OF TRUSTING JESUS' WORD John 4:46-54 The particular interest of this beautiful incident is in John 4:50. The father had such faith in our Lord's promise that he started off at once on his...
The words, "He must needs pass through Samaria" are arresting. The final explanation must be found in His dealing with the woman of Samaria. In itself, it is a radiant revelation of His method as He l...
JESUS HEALS THE SON OF THE ROYALIST John 4:46-54. “Then Jesus again came into Cana of Galilee, where He turned the water into wine; there was a certain royalist, whose son was sick in Capernaum. He, h...
“ _As he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him saying.Thy son liveth._ 52. _So he inquired of them the hour when he began to mend. They said to him: yesterday_, _at the seventh hour,...
THIRD SECTION: 4:43-54. JESUS IN GALILEE. In Judea, unbelief had prevailed. In Samaria, faith had just appeared. Galilee takes an intermediate position. Jesus is received there, but by reason of His m...
Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. (44) For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. (45) Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
53._And he believed, and his whole house. _It may appear absurd that the Evangelist should mention this as the commencement of faith in that man, whose faith he has already commended. Nor can it be su...
And now Jesus, being driven away by the jealousy of the Jews, begins His ministry outside that people, while still acknowledging their true position in the dealings of God. He goes away into Galilee;...
SO THE FATHER KNEW THAT IT WAS AT THE SAME HOUR,.... Precisely; IN THAT WHICH JESUS SAID TO HIM, THY SON LIVETH: he had observed what time of day it was, in which he conversed with Jesus; and particu...
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. Ver. 53. _And he himself believed_] With a justifying f...
_There was a certain nobleman_ One belonging to the king's court, as the word βασιλικος, here used, properly signifies. The Syriac and Arabic versions render it, _a minister_, or _servant of the king_...
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....
Faith vindicated:...
A SAMARITAN WOMAN GIVEN THE WATER OF LIFE (vs.1-26) The Lord now leaves Judea because He knew the Pharisees' thoughts as to His baptizing more disciples than John. Not that the Lord Himself did the...
43-54 The father was a nobleman, yet the son was sick. Honours and titles are no security from sickness and death. The greatest men must go themselves to God, must become beggars. The nobleman did no...
The circumstance of the time when his son recovered agreeing with the very hour when Christ had said unto him, THY SON LIVETH, was a mighty confirmation to him, that he was beholden to Christ for his...
John 4:53 So G3767 father G3962 knew G1097 (G5627) that G3754 at G1722 same G1565 hour G5610 in...
‘So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives”, and he himself believed, and all his house'. There is a contrast here between differing forms of belief. Pre...
THE HEALING OF THE HIGH OFFICIAL'S SON (JOHN 4:46). We now come to John's ‘second sign' (the first being the turning of water into wine - John 2:11). This consisted of the healing of the High Official...
This section of the Gospel brings Jesus before us in Galilee, in His intercourse with the Galileans, and in particular with the king's officer, who may be regarded as in a certain sense their represen...
SO THE FATHER KNEW (εγνω ουν ο πατηρ). Second aorist active indicative of γινωσκω. Inferential use of ουν.HIMSELF BELIEVED (επιστευσεν αυτος). Not just the word of Jesus (verse John 4:50), but co...
CONTENTS: Jesus and the Samaritan woman. The indwelling Spirit. The nobleman's son healed. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Pharisees, Jacob, Joseph, woman of Samaria, her husband, n...
John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the pharisees,_ chiefly priests, and many of them principal members of the council, _had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John._ The p...
IT WAS ONE O'CLOCK YESTERDAY. The boy had been healed at the exact hour Jesus had spoken....
_There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum_ THE SECOND MIRACLE AT CANA Who shall persuade us that we have not here a true story? I. Notice SOME OF ITS LESS OBVIOUS POINTS. 1. Ma...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 4:43 The healing of the official’s son resembles the healing of the Gentile centurion’s servant in Matthew 8:5 and Luke
VER. 45. _When therefore He was come_, &c. _All the miracles_, especially that He alone had cast out all the buyers and sellers from the Temple, as well as the many other signs that He had shown. Obse...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 4:43. OUR LORD’S GALILEAN MINISTRY.—Detailed accounts of His work in Galilee are found in the Synoptics (Matthew 4:12; Luke 4:14;...
EXPOSITION JOHN 4:1 7. _The ministry and revelation of the Lord to those beyond the strict compass of the theocracy. _This passage describes an incident of consummate interest, and records a specime...
Now when the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized none, but his disciples,) (John 4:1) Now this can mean one of t...
Acts 16:15; Acts 16:34; Acts 18:8; Acts 2:39; Luke 19:9;...