John 4:52

52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour^[a] the fever left him. ”

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 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live. ”The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.

51 As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering.

52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. ”

53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live. ”And he himself believed, and all his household.

54 This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

Footnotes

• [a] 4:52 That is, at 1 p.m.