A certain nobleman - One who was of the royal family, connected by birth with Herod Antipas; or one of the officers of the court, whether by birth allied to him or not. It seems that his ordinary residence was at Capernaum. Capernaum was about a day’s journey from Cana, where Jesus then was.
Verse 46. _WHERE HE MADE THE WATER WINE._] John 2:1, c. Cana was on the road from Nazareth to Capernaum and the Sea of Tiberias. _A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN_] An officer of the king's court: for this is the...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. He Must Needs Pass Through Samaria. (John 4:1 .)_ 2. At Sychar's Well; Jesus and the Samaritan Woman. (John 4:6 .) 3. The Woman's Witness and the Believing Samaritans. (John 4:27 .)...
THE WITNESS OF THE SAMARITANS AND THE RETURN TO GALILEE. The author records the effect of personal contact with Jesus on the men who come from the city. The expression, Saviour of the World, must come...
THE HEALING OF THE SON OF THE KING'S OFFICER. The narrative is plain and needs little comment. The similarity of the story to Matthew 8:5 ff. (Luke 7:2 ff.) has often been noticed since the time of Ir...
SO JESUS CAME AGAIN TO CANA, WHERE HE HAD MADE THE WATER WINE. It was the home of Nathanael, who, there is reason to believe, had followed him in his journey to Judea, and some think that it was now...
So again he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain courtier whose son was ill in Capernaum. When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judaea into Ga...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
AGAIN... CANA, &c. Referring to John 2:1. made. Not the same word as "made" in John 2:9. NOBLEMAN. a royal officer. Probably belonging to the court of Herod Antipas (App-109). Greek. _basilikos._ Occu...
_where he made the water wine_ and therefore would be likely to find a favourable hearing. For -So Jesus came" read HE _came_ THEREFORE. See on John 6:14. _nobleman_ Literally, _king's man_, i.e. OFFI...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
46. Omit ὁ Ἰησοῦς after ΟΥ̓͂Ν: comp. John 3:2. ΚΑΦΑΡΝΑΟΎΜ for Καπερναούμ: comp. John 2:12. 46. ἮΛΘΕΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. _He came_ THEREFORE, because of the previous invitation and welcome: see Introduction, chap...
THE WORK AMONG GALILEANS...
Ver 46. 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. 47. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea in...
_THIS COULD BE THE CHRIST BECAUSE OF HIS MIRACLES AND SIGNS -- JOHN 4:46-54:_ The healing of the nobleman's son was a second miracle at Cana. It was here that Jesus had made the water into wine. (John...
ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΌΣ (G937) принадлежащий царю, царский чиновник, офицер. Либо лицо царской крови, либо служащий царю (Brown); возможно, здесь имеется в виду командир из армии Ирода Агриппы (Beasley-Murray), так...
THERE WAS A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN,— Though Herod was only _tetrarch_ of Galilee, yet he was commonly distinguished by the title of _king;_ and as Capernaum lay in his dominions, this person was probably a...
HEALING A NOBLEMAN'S SON AT CAPERNAUM _Text 4:46-54_ 46 He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 4:43-54 What has been before us from verse 4 to the end of verse 42 in this chapter is in the nature of a parenthesis, inasmuch as these verses record what occur...
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. SO JESUS CAME AGAIN INTO CANA OF GALILEE (SEE THE NOTE AT...
19 Compare Mat_14:3-5; Mar_6:17-18. 19 Herod's treatment of John is here inserted ahead of time to close the account of John's ministry before opening that of his Master's. 21-22 Compare Mat_3:13-17...
NOBLEMAN] The word means 'one of the king's officials.' The 'king' is Herod Antipas, who was, strictly speaking, only a tetrarch, but was called king by courtesy....
THE SAMARITAN WOMAN 1-42. Christ in Samaria. The ministry in Samaria is recorded because it is the author's design to exhibit Christ as the Saviour, not only of Israel, but of the world (John 4:42)....
BEGINNING OF THE MINISTRY PROPER IN GALILEE, December, 27 a.d. HEALING OF THE NOBLEMAN'S SON. 44. Our Lord's OWN COUNTRY here is probably Judæa, where He was born, and which the ancient prophecies ind...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 4 JESUS TALKS TO A WOMAN IN *SAMARIA 4:1-26 V1 The *Pharisees heard that Jesus was *baptising more people than John the...
SO JESUS CAME AGAIN INTO CANA OF GALILEE. — He returns to the place where He had manifested His glory and knit to Himself in closer union the first band of disciples. This thought is present to the wr...
CHAPTER 11 THE SECOND SIGN IN GALILEE. “In the mean while the disciples prayed Him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But He said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. The disciples therefore said one to...
ἦλθεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς. May we conclude from the circumstance that no mention is made of the disciples until John 6:3, “that they had remained in Samaria, and had gone home”? πάλιν ἐλθεῖν means “to return...
_Jesus passes into Galilee and there heals the son of a nobleman_....
THE REWARD OF TRUSTING JESUS' WORD John 4:46-54 The particular interest of this beautiful incident is in John 4:50. The father had such faith in our Lord's promise that he started off at once on his...
The words, "He must needs pass through Samaria" are arresting. The final explanation must be found in His dealing with the woman of Samaria. In itself, it is a radiant revelation of His method as He l...
(9) So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain (l) nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. (9) Although Christ is absent in body, yet he works...
JESUS HEALS THE SON OF THE ROYALIST John 4:46-54. “Then Jesus again came into Cana of Galilee, where He turned the water into wine; there was a certain royalist, whose son was sick in Capernaum. He, h...
THIRD SECTION: 4:43-54. JESUS IN GALILEE. In Judea, unbelief had prevailed. In Samaria, faith had just appeared. Galilee takes an intermediate position. Jesus is received there, but by reason of His m...
“ _He came_, _therefore, again to Cana of Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. And there was at Capernaum a king's officer, whose son was sick._ 47. _He, having heard that Jesus had come...
Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. (44) For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. (45) Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
46._And there was a certain courtier. _This is a more correct rendering, though Erasmus thinks differently, who has translated βασιλικός by a Latin word, _Regulus_, which means a little king. (89) I a...
And now Jesus, being driven away by the jealousy of the Jews, begins His ministry outside that people, while still acknowledging their true position in the dealings of God. He goes away into Galilee;...
SO JESUS CAME AGAIN UNTO CANA OF GALILEE,.... Where he had been once before; see John 2:1. The Syriac version here, as there, calls it "Kotne" of Galilee; and the Persic version, "Catneh" of Galilee:...
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. Ver. 46. _A certain nobleman_] One that belonged to the king...
_There was a certain nobleman_ One belonging to the king's court, as the word βασιλικος, here used, properly signifies. The Syriac and Arabic versions render it, _a minister_, or _servant of the king_...
The nobleman's plea:...
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....
A SAMARITAN WOMAN GIVEN THE WATER OF LIFE (vs.1-26) The Lord now leaves Judea because He knew the Pharisees' thoughts as to His baptizing more disciples than John. Not that the Lord Himself did the...
NOBLEMAN: Or, courtier, or ruler...
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 no...
OLBGrk; Our Saviour, coming into Galilee, made choice of Cana, the place where, being at a marriage feast, he turned water into wine, 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1, first to fix in: the reason is not expressed,...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI but the nobleman about a son as being still sick, and at the point of death.[169]...
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‘He came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine, and there was a certain high official of the king whose son was sick at Capernaum.' So He arrived back in Cana where He had t...
THE HEALING OF THE HIGH OFFICIAL'S SON (JOHN 4:46). We now come to John's ‘second sign' (the first being the turning of water into wine - John 2:11). This consisted of the healing of the High Official...
John 4:46. HE CAME THEREFORE AGAIN INTO CANA OF GALILEE, WHERE HE MADE THE WATER WINE. His coming revives the fame of that first miracle, and the report of His arrival quickly spreads. AND THERE WAS...
This section of the Gospel brings Jesus before us in Galilee, in His intercourse with the Galileans, and in particular with the king's officer, who may be regarded as in a certain sense their represen...
AGAIN (παλιν). A second time.UNTO CANA (εις την Κανα). Note article, "the Cana of Galilee" already mentioned in John 2:1.WHERE HE MADE THE WATER WINE (οπου εποιησεν το υδωρ οινον). That outstan...
NOBLEMAN Or, courtier, or, ruler....
CONTENTS: Jesus and the Samaritan woman. The indwelling Spirit. The nobleman's son healed. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Pharisees, Jacob, Joseph, woman of Samaria, her husband, n...
John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the pharisees,_ chiefly priests, and many of them principal members of the council, _had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John._ The p...
WHOSE SON IN CAPERNAUM WAS SICK. This man is a government official, and could have been Chuza, an officer in Herod's court (Luke 8:3), as Johnson thinks....
_There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum_ THE SECOND MIRACLE AT CANA Who shall persuade us that we have not here a true story? I. Notice SOME OF ITS LESS OBVIOUS POINTS. 1. Ma...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 4:46 The OFFICIAL was probably a Gentile centurion (see note on Matt. 8:5–7). Jesus brings the gospel to a respected Jewish teacher (Joh
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 4:43 The healing of the official’s son resembles the healing of the Gentile centurion’s servant in Matthew 8:5 and Luke
VER. 45. _When therefore He was come_, &c. _All the miracles_, especially that He alone had cast out all the buyers and sellers from the Temple, as well as the many other signs that He had shown. Obse...
_A certain nobleman_. The Latin translator seems to have had in his Greek copies _βασιλισκος_, i.e., regulus, a little king. The present reading is _βασιλικος_, _i.e._, royal, understand _counsellor_,...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 4:43. OUR LORD’S GALILEAN MINISTRY.—Detailed accounts of His work in Galilee are found in the Synoptics (Matthew 4:12; Luke 4:14;...
EXPOSITION JOHN 4:1 7. _The ministry and revelation of the Lord to those beyond the strict compass of the theocracy. _This passage describes an incident of consummate interest, and records a specime...
Now when the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized none, but his disciples,) (John 4:1) Now this can mean one of t...
Hosea 5:15; John 2:1; John 21:2; Joshua 19:28; Luke 7:2;...
In this last paragraph of the chapter, we find our blessed Saviour performing. second miracle in Cana of Galilee, curing. nobleman's son that was sick of. fever. This nobleman apprehended Christ to be...