John 4:51
49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
50 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.
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
53 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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
- KJV
- And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
- WEB
- As he was going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!”
- ASV
- And as he was now going down, his servants met him, saying, that his son lived.
- DARBY
- But already, as he was going down, his servants met him and brought [him] word saying, Thy child lives.
- BLB
- And already, [in] his going down, his servants met him, saying that his boy lives.
- ÅB
- Da han nå alt var på hjemveien, møtte hans tjenere ham og fortalte at hans barn levde.
- OTB
- Mens han var på vei, møtte tjenerne hans ham med bud om at gutten hans levde.
- B1930
- Da han nu alt var på hjemveien, møtte hans tjenere ham og fortalte at hans barn levde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 17:23
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
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