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The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
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A Father's Desperate Plea
Commentators emphasize the raw urgency in the nobleman's words, "Sir, come down ere my child die." His plea reveals the deep anxiety of a father in a desperate situation, not even willing to let Jesus delay for a moment. This genuine distress shows he believed the case was critical and that time was running out.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
Sir (Κυριε). See 1:38.
Come down (καταβηθ). Second aorist active imperative, tense and tone of urgency. Ερ…
19th Century
Anglican
Ere my child die.—But human sorrow is the birth-pang of faith. The sense of utter powerlessness leads the soul to cast it…
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The nobleman says to him, Sir Notwithstanding this reproof, and seeming denial, he presses him again, and addressing…
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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 …
13th Century
Catholic
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 …
