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52 So he inquired from them the hour at which he got better. So they said to him that “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh[a] hour”. 53 Then the father knew that it was at that hour at which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives”. And he believed[b], he and his whole household. 54 Now this again was a second[c] sign Jesus did, having come from Judea to Galilee.

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:52 That is, 1 p.m. Jewish time, meaning these slaves met the official that evening after sundown (which begins the next day); or, 7 p.m. Roman time, meaning the official spent the night due to the late hour and met these slaves the next day.
  2. John 4:53 Note how this proves what Jesus said in v 48, and stands in contrast to v 41-42.
  3. John 4:54 That is, second in Galilee or Cana; or, second manifesting His glory, due to the special nature of both (see 2:11); or, second of the seven John records in this book.

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