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John 4:46

King James Version (KJV)

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John 4:46

Verse 46 of 54

Scripture focus

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.

John 4:46 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on John 4:46

Theological / Devotional

Cana. See on ch. 2:1.

Made the water wine. See on ch. 2:1-11. Jesus was now among friends, who had already witnessed divine power at work through Him.

Nobleman. Literally, “king’s [man],” that is, a royal official, here probably a courtier of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea. This “nobleman” was a Jew, probably a Herodian (cf. on Mark 3:6). Some have suggested identifying this “nobleman” with Chuza (Luke 8:3) or Manaen (Acts 13:1), officials of Herod who became Christians.

At Capernaum. Christ and the “nobleman” were in Cana, and the son at Capernaum, some 16 mi. (25 km.) distant. Jesus had visited Capernaum approximately one year prior to this time (ch. 2:12), but there is no record of any public work conducted there at that time.

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