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John 4:51 KJV
John · chapter 4 · verse 51
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.John 4:51 · King James Version
John 4:51 in context
49The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
50Jesus 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.
51And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
52Then 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.
53So 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- servantsdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- sayinghotithat, because, sinceG3754 →
- toldapangellōto bring tidings , bring word, report, to proclaim, to make known openly, declareG518 →
- metapantaōto go to meet, to meet, in a military sense a hostile meetingG528 →
- sonpaisa child, boy or girl, infants, children, servant, slave, an attendant, servant, spec. a…G3816 →
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— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 43-54