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John 4:46

So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

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When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

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Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

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The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

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Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

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And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

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Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

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So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

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This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

John 4:48

4:48 signs and wonders. Obviously the Lord would not encourage the modern emphasis on signs and wonders as incentives to faith.

John 4:50

4:50 thy son liveth. Simply by a word, the Lord Jesus healed a young man who was near death. Not only did Jesus not even touch him, he was over ten miles away! This was a second miracle of creation, requiring nothing less than the power of the Creator Himself!

John 4:54

4:54 second miracle. Jesus actually had done many miracles in or near Jerusalem (John 2:23; 3:2) since the miracle of turning the water into wine. This is called the second miracle, either because it was the second done in Galilee or else because John was specifically counting only the seven great signs (all of these being miracles of creation) described in detail in order to win men to Christ (John 20:30,31).

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