John 4:52

52 So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour. ^[a]”

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,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51 And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52 So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour. ”

53 Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.

54 This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, one in the afternoon