Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 4:52
He asked the hour when he amended — The more exactly the works of God are considered, the more faith is increased.
He asked the hour when he amended — The more exactly the works of God are considered, the more faith is increased.
Verse John 4:52. _THEN INQUIRED HE OF THEM THE HOUR_] The servants, overjoyed to find their master's son so suddenly restored, set off to meet him, that they might impart to him tidings which they kn...
THE SEVENTH HOUR - About one o’clock in the afternoon. THE SAME HOUR - The very time when Jesus spoke. THE FEVER LEFT HIM - It seems that it left him suddenly and entirely; so much so that his frien...
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...
YESTERDAY, AT THE SEVENTH HOUR, THE FEVER LEFT HIM. At the exact hour that Jesus had spoken the fever disappeared. The seventh hour is one o'clock....
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...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
THEN. Therefore. WHEN. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) which. AMEND. get better. Greek. _kompsoteron echo._ Occurs only here in N.T. THE SEVENTH HOUR. 1 o'clock p.m. Compare App-165....
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...
_began to amend_ Or, WAS SOMEWHAT BETTER; a colloquial expression. The father fancies that the cure will be gradual. The fever will depart at Christ's word, but will depart in the ordinary way. He has...
THE WORK AMONG GALILEANS...
ΤῊΝ ὭΡΑΝ ΠΑΡ' ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν for παρ' αὐ. τ. ὥρ., a correction to bring παρ' αὐτῶν nearer to ἐπύθετο. 52. ΚΟΜΨΌΤΕΡΟΝ ἜΣΧΕΝ. Literally, GOT SOMEWHAT BETTER; a colloquial expression: κομψῶς ἔχεις, ‘you are get...
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...
ΈΠΎΘΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΥΝΘΆΝΟΜΑΙ (G4441) расспрашивать. Inch. _aor._ указывает на начало беседы, ΟΎΝ (G3767) теперь; не временная, а логическая связка, ΚΟΜΨΌΤΕΡΟΝ (G2866) _adv. сотр. от...
YESTERDAY AT THE SEVENTH HOUR, &C.— That is, it left him all of a sudden; so that being restored to perfect health in an instant, the whole family knew that he was miraculously cured, and particularly...
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...
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. THEN INQUIRED HE OF THEM THE HOUR WHEN HE BEGAN TO AMEND. AND TH...
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...
THEN ENQUIRED HE OF THEM. — But these two facts — the assurance at Cana, and the actual healing powers at Capernaum — were they in truth related to each other? He remembers the hour at which one was s...
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...
ἐπύθετο οὗν … κομψότερον ἔσχε. “Amoenum verbum, de convalescente, puero praesertim” Bengel. Theophylact explains by ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον καὶ εὐρωστότερον μετῆλθεν ὁ παῖς : Euthymius by τὸ ῥᾳότερον, τὸ κουφό...
_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...
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...
“ _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,...
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...
52._Therefore he inquired at them. _That this courtier asked his servants at what time his son began to recover, was done by a secret impulse from God, that the truth of the miracle might be rendered...
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;...
THEN INQUIRED HE OF THEM THE HOUR,.... He did not at all hesitate about the truth of it, or was in any surprise upon it; but that he might compare things together, he asked the exact time, WHEN HE BE...
Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. Ver. 52. _Then inquired he, &c._] By a sweet providence, that God m...
_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_...
SEVENTH HOUR; one o'clock in the afternoon....
Faith vindicated:...
THEN ENQUIRED HE OF THEM THE HOUR WHEN HE BEGAN TO AMEND. AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, YESTERDAY AT THE SEVENTH HOUR THE FEVER LEFT HIM....
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...
He inquires the precise time; they tell him it was about THE SEVENTH HOUR. The miracle appeared in the suddenness of the recovery, and also that it was without the application of means, at least any t...
John 4:52 Then G3767 inquired G4441 (G5633) of G3844 them G846 hour G5610 when G1722 G3739 got...
‘And as he was now going down his servants met him to say that his son lived. So he enquired of then the hour when his began to improve. They said therefore to him, “The fever left him yesterday, at t...
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...
INQUIRED (επυθετο). Second aorist middle indicative of πυνθανομα.BEGAN TO MEND (κομψοτερον εσχεν). Second aorist ingressive active indicative of εχω (took a turn, got better) and comparative of a...
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...