John 4:47

John 4:47

45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, ^ahaving seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; ^bfor they also had gone to the feast.

A Nobleman’s Son Healed

46 So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee ^awhere He had made the water wine. And there was a certain¹ nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.

47 When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.

48 Then Jesus said to him, ^a“Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.”

49 The nobleman said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!”

50 Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.

51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, “Your son lives!”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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When he heard (akousav). First aorist active participle of akouw. The news spread rapidly about Jesus.

Was come (hkei). Present active indicative of hkw, one of the perfective presents, retained in indirect discourse. He had heard the people talk about the miracles in Jerusalem and the first one in Cana.

Went and besought (aphlqen kai hrwta). Ingressive aorist indicative (went off at once) and imperfect active (hrwta, began to beg and kept it up).

That he would come down (ina katabh, ina and second aorist active subjunctive of katabainw, come down at once)

and heal his son (kai iashtai autou ton uion, ina construction, sub-final use or object clause, with first aorist middle subjunctive of iaomai, completely heal).

For he was at the point of death (hmellen gar apoqnhskein). Reason (gar) for the urgency. Imperfect active of mellw with present active infinitive old and common verb for what is about to be and it is used with the infinitive present as here, the aorist infinitive (Revelation 13:16), or the future infinitive (Acts 11:28). The idiom is used of the impending death of Jesus (John 11:51; John 12:33; John 18:32).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 4:47:**

Luke 8:3
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