John 4:52

52 The official asked them at what time his son got better. His servants told him, "The fever left him yesterday evening at seven o'clock."

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 told him, "Go home. Your son will live." The man believed what Jesus told him and left.

51 While the official was on his way to Capernaum, his servants met him and told him that his boy was alive.

52 The official asked them at what time his son got better. His servants told him, "The fever left him yesterday evening at seven o'clock."

53 Then the boy's father realized that it was the same time that Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." So the official and his entire family became believers.

54 This was the second miracle that Jesus performed after he had come back from Judea to Galilee.