John 4:52

52 He asked them what time he began to get better. They said, "The fever broke yesterday afternoon at one 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 simply replied, "Go home. Your son lives."

51 On his way back, his servants intercepted him and announced, "Your son lives!"

52 He asked them what time he began to get better. They said, "The fever broke yesterday afternoon at one o'clock."

53 The father knew that that was the very moment Jesus had said, "Your son lives."

54 This was now the second sign Jesus gave after having come from Judea into Galilee.