John 4:52

52 He asked them at what time he got better. "Yesterday at seven in the morning^[a] the fever left him," they answered.

John 4:52 Meaning and Commentary

John 4:52

Then inquired he of them the hour
He did not at all hesitate about the truth of it, or was in any surprise upon it; but that he might compare things together, he asked the exact time,

when he began to amend;
or grow better; for he seemed to think, that his recovery might be gradual, and not all at once, as it was:

and they said unto him, yesterday at the seventh hour;
which was one o'clock in the afternoon:

the fever left him;
entirely at once, so that he was perfectly well immediately.

John 4:52 In-Context

50 "Go," Jesus told him, "your son will live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and departed.

51 While he was still going down, his slaves met him saying that his boy was alive.

52 He asked them at what time he got better. "Yesterday at seven in the morning the fever left him," they answered.

53 The father realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." Then he himself believed, along with his whole household.

54 This therefore was the second sign Jesus performed after He came from Judea to Galilee.

Footnotes

• [a] Or seven in the evening; lit at the seventh hour; see note at Jn 1:39; an alternate time reckoning would be at one in the afternoon