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So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." He believed, as did his whole house.
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Faith is a Journey
Commentators like Ellicott and Calvin highlight that the official's faith grew in stages. He first believed enough to seek Jesus, then trusted Jesus's word to go home, and finally, after seeing the proof, came to a complete, saving faith in Jesus as the Messiah. This shows that faith is often a process of development rather than a single, all-or-nothing event.
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John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The same hour. The very time when Jesus spoke.
The fever left him. It seems that it left him suddenly and entirely, so muc…
So the father knew (εγνω ουν ο πατηρ). Second aorist active indicative of γινωσκω. Inferential use of ουν.
Himself …
19th Century
Anglican
So the father knew. He was not mistaken, then. The power he had felt when these words were spoken to him was real. The hours that …
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16th Century
Protestant
And he believed, and his whole house. It may appear absurd that the Evangelist should mention this as the commencement of faith in that ma…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So the father knew that it was at the same hour Precisely;
in that which Jesus said to him, your …
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 …
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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 …
