John 4:52

John 4:52 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.”

Context of John 4:52

50Jesus told him, “Go home; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home. 51While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live. So 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. 54Jesus did this as his second miraculous sign when he returned from Judea to Galilee.

John 4:52 word by word

ἐπύθετο οὖν τὴν ὥραν παρ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐν ᾗ κομψότερον ἔσχεν. εἶπαν οὖν αὐτῷ ὅτι ἐχθὲς ὥραν ἑβδόμην ἀφῆκεν αὐτὸν ὁ πυρετός.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• enquired heπυνθάνομαιpunthanomai · to inquireG4441
• ofπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• the hourὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• whenἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• he beganἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• to amendκομψότερονkompsoteron · betterG2866
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Yesterdayχθέςchthes · yesterdayG5504
• seventhἕβδομοςhebdomos · seventhG1442
• the feverπυρετόςpuretos · feverG4446
• leftἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863

Commentaries on John 4:52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 52Then 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 knew would be so very agreeable; and he, intent on having his faith settled, began immediately to inquire what time it was when the fever left him, to see whether his cure was the effect of some natural cause, or whether it was done by the power of Christ. Yesterday at the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 52The 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 friends went to inform the father, and to comfort him, and also, doubtless, to apprise him that it was not necessary to ask aid from Jesus. From this miracle we may learn, 1. That Jesus has an intimate knowledge of all things. He knew the case of this son - the…Read the comment
• 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 4:52

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

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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