John 4:48. Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

The charge against the father is that his apparent faith is only thinly-veiled unbelief. The words seem most suitably addressed to a Jew (comp. Matthew 12:39; Matthew 16:1; 1 Corinthians 1:22): on the other hand, the officer's connection with the court leads rather to belief that he was a Gentile. As to ‘signs,' see the notes on chap. John 2:11; John 2:23. As a ‘sign' is the highest, so a ‘wonder' is the least noble name for a miracle. In so far as the miracle is a prodigy and excites amazement, it is a ‘wonder.'

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