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JESUS' SECOND SIGN
Passage:
John 4:43-54
Key verse: 50b
NIV
Jesus Heals an Official’s Son
43 After the two days(A) he left for Galilee. 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)(B) 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(C) for they also had been there.
46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.(D) And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,(E) he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.
48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,”(F) Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”
49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”
The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 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.”
53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household(G) believed.
54 This was the second sign(H) Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.
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ESV
43 After (A)the two days he departed for Galilee. 44 (For Jesus himself had testified (B)that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.) 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, (C)having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For (D)they too had gone to the feast.
Jesus Heals an Official's Son
46 So he came again to (E)Cana in Galilee, (F)where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When this man heard that Jesus (G)had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, (H)“Unless you[a] see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come down (I)before my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants[b] met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour[c] the fever left him.” 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, (J)and all his household. 54 (K)This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.
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Cross references
- John 4:43 : ver. 40
- John 4:44 : See Matt. 13:57
- John 4:45 : ch. 2:23; 3:2
- John 4:45 : ver. 20
- John 4:46 : ch. 2:1
- John 4:46 : ch. 2:9
- John 4:47 : ver. 3, 54
- John 4:48 : ch. 2:18; 6:30; [ch. 20:29]
- John 4:49 : [ch. 11:21, 32; Mark 5:35; Luke 8:49]
- John 4:53 : Acts 16:34; 18:8; See Acts 11:14
- John 4:54 : [ch. 2:11 with ver. 45, 46]
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1. Unless you see signs, you won't believe (43-48)
The Galileans did not really know Jesus. They had seen his miracles (2:23-25), but they had not received his word nor had they made any personal commitment to him. When the official from Capernaum came to him in Cana and begged him to come and heal his dying son, Jesus pointed out that his faith was too superficial, for it was based on signs and miracles.
2. He took Jesus at his word (49-54)
The man did not give up. He continued to ask Jesus to come with him. Jesus did not go with him, but he sent him home with a promise, 'Your son will live.' The man took Jesus at his word and left. He must have struggled as he walked home alone. When servants met him with the news of his son's recovery, he didn't rush home. He thought of Jesus and asked, 'When?' He realized that Jesus had healed his son, and he and his whole family believed.
Prayer: Lord, help me take you at your word so that you may work in and through me.
One Word: Believe and obey Jesus' word
