‘When he heard that Jesus was come from Judea to Galilee he went to him and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.'

‘When he heard that Jesus was come from Judea to Galilee'. It was well known that Jesus had been very successful in His ministry in Judea alongside John the Baptiser. His presence here was thus unexpected. This confirms that Judea had been in mind in the proverb. Everyone saw Judea and Jerusalem as His sphere. Yet it was they who had not honoured Him.

So he went to Him and begged Him to heal his son, who was at the point of death. We are intended to see in this that Jesus is the Lord of life Who can give life by a word.

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