John 4:52
50 “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
51 And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
53 Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.
54 This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
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.
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- BSB
- So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.”
- ASV
- So he inquired of them the hour when he began to amend. They said therefore unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
- DARBY
- He inquired therefore from them the hour at which he got better. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
- BLB
- Therefore he inquired from them the hour in which he got better. Therefore they said to him, “Yesterday [at] the seventh hour the fever left him.”
- ÅB
- Han spurte dem da om den time da det var blitt bedre med ham; de sa til ham: Igår ved den syvende time forlot feberen ham.
- OTB
- Han spurte dem om når sønnen hadde blitt bedre, og de sa til ham: «I går ved den sjuende time forlot feberen ham.»
- B1930
- Han spurte dem da om den time da det var blitt bedre med ham; de sa til ham: Igår ved den syvende time forlot feberen ham.