Sir (Κυριε). See 1:38.

Come down (καταβηθ). Second aorist active imperative, tense and tone of urgency. Ερ…

Come down. The earnestness of the nobleman reveals the deep and tender anxiety of a father. So anxious was he for his son that he was not …

Ere my child die.—But human sorrow is the birth-pang of faith. The sense of utter powerlessness leads the soul to cast it…

St. John Chrysostom: On a previous occasion, our Lord attended a wedding in Cana of Galilee; now He goes there to convert the …

The genuine distress of the father is demonstrated by his words: “Sir, come down at once before my little boy dies!” (lit. tr.). The words used ind…

Sir, come down, ere my child die. Since he perseveres in asking, and finally obtains what he wished, we may conclude that Christ did not r…

The nobleman says to him, Sir
Notwithstanding this reproof, and seeming denial, he presses him again, and addressing…

The father was a nobleman, yet the son was sick. Honors and titles are no security from sickness and death. The greatest men must go themselves to …

1. Having told us the place of this miracle, the Evangelist now describes the miracle itself, telling us of the person who was ill, the one …