John 4:52

52 He asked what time his son got better. They said to him, "The fever left him 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 replied, "You may go. Your son will live." The man believed what Jesus said, and so he left.
51 While he was still on his way home, his servants met him. They gave him the news that his boy was living.
52 He asked what time his son got better. They said to him, "The fever left him yesterday afternoon at one o'clock."
53 Then the father realized what had happened. That was the exact time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." So he and all his family became believers.
54 This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee.
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