John 4:51

John 4:51 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
• New International Version (NIV)While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, “Your son lives!”

Context of John 4:51

49“Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my child dies.” 50Jesus told him, “Go home; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home. While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live. 52So he asked them the time when his condition began to improve, and they told him, “Yesterday at one o’clock in the afternoon the fever left him.” 53Then the father realized that it was the very time Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live,” and he himself believed along with his entire household.

John 4:51 word by word

ἤδη δὲ αὐτοῦ καταβαίνοντος οἱ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦ ὑπήντησαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες ὅτι ὁ παῖς αὐτοῦ ζῇ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• asἤδηēdē · alreadyG2235
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• wasκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• servantsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• servantsδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
• metἀπαντάωapantaō · to meetG528
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• toldἀπαγγέλλωapaggellō · to announceG518
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Thyσύsu · youG4771
• sonπαῖςpais · childG3816
• livethζάωzaō · to liveG2198

Cross-references for John 4:51

• John 4:50Jesus told him, “Go home; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.
• 1 Kings 17:23Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, “See, your son is alive!”

Commentaries on John 4:51

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 43-54Verses 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 not stop from his request till he prevailed. But at first he discovered the weakness of his faith in the power of Christ. It is hard to persuade ourselves that distance of time and place, are no hinderance to the knowledge, mercy, and power of our Lord…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 48-5448-54. Except ye see signs, &c.--He did believe, both as his coming and his urgent entreaty show; but how imperfectly we shall see; and our Lord would deepen his faith by such a blunt and seemingly rough answer as He made to Nicodemus.Read the comment

Topics related to John 4:51

• Capernaum
• Children
• Faith
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Nobleman
• Prayer

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Commentaries on John 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings