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King James VersionJohn 4:43-54

Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilæans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.

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.

When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judæa into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

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.

So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judæa into Galilee.

Italic words were supplied in the English translation for clarity.

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John 4:43-54

An Official Trusts Jesus' Life-Giving Word

A royal official trusts a word spoken at a distance

Jesus comes again into Cana of Galilee. A nobleman whose son is sick at Capernaum hears that Jesus has come out of Judea and begs him to come down and heal his child, who is at the point of death. Jesus says, 'Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.' The man still pleads: come down before the child dies. Jesus says, 'Go thy way; thy son liveth.' The man believes the word and goes.

As he is going, his servants meet him and say the son lives. He asks the hour, and it was the same seventh hour Jesus spoke. He believes, and his whole house. John names this the second sign after Jesus came out of Judea into Galilee. The official's identity as Jew or Gentile is not settled. The healing is testimony, not a guarantee that faith purchases a child's cure.

Distance does not become a commercial method

The father is not blamed for the illness. Household belief is narrated, not coerced. A word that gives life at a distance is not a template for selling miracles.

How this should shape us

Bring desperate need honestly and take Jesus' word seriously without manufacturing spectacle. Support families in illness without blaming parents when healing does not come, and do not use this sign to promise a cure for every child.

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