Lesson 4491

 Lesson 4491)(05-20-24) John 4:45-54 

“Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast. 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. 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. Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 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. 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. 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. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.” 

 

In today’s quote, Jesus returned to Galilee where, despite his earlier comment about a prophet lacking honor in his homeland, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all he did at the festival in Jerusalem, so they were familiar with his miracles. Jesus visited Cana again, where he had turned water into wine. Here, a royal official from Capernaum approached Him, pleading for the healing of his son who was close to death. Jesus initially responded with a remark about people's reliance on signs and wonders to believe, but the official persists, begging Jesus to come before his child dies. Observing the man’s faith, Jesus told him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed Jesus' word and returned home. While still on his way back, his servants met him with the news that his son was healed. The man learned that the fever left his son at the exact moment Jesus had declared he would live. That led the entire household of the officer to believe in Jesus, marking that the second miraculous sign Jesus performed after returning from Judea to Galilee.~