John 4:51
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
John 4:51 in other translations
| BSB | And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive. |
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| WEB | As he was going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!” |
| ASV | And as he was now going down, his servants met him, saying, that his son lived. |
| YLT | and he now going down, his servants met him, and told, saying--‘Thy child doth live;' |
| DARBY | But already, as he was going down, his servants met him and brought him word saying, Thy child lives. |
| BBE | And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living. |
| Webster | And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. |
What does John 4:51 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 4:48-54
48-54. Except ye see signs, &c.--He did believe, both as his coming and his urgent entreaty show; but how imperfectly we shall see; and our Lord would deepen his faith by such a blunt and seemingly rough answer as He made to Nicodemus.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 4:43-54
The father was a nobleman, yet the son was sick. Honours and titles are no security from sickness and death. The greatest men must go themselves to God, must become beggars. The nobleman did not stop from his request till he prevailed. But at first he discovered the weakness of his faith in the power of Christ. It is hard to persuade ourselves that distance of time and place, are no hinderance to the knowledge…
John 4:51 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 4:51
- 1 Kings 17:23
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
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Context
- John 4:50
Jesus 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.
- John 4:51
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
- John 4:52
Then 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.
John 4:51 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y cuando ya él descendía, los siervos le salieron á recibir, y le dieron nuevas, diciendo: Tu hijo vive. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et, déjà comme il descendait, ses esclaves vinrent au-devant de lui, et lui rapportèrent que son fils vivait. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber schon während er hinabging, begegneten ihm seine Knechte und berichteten, daß sein Knabe lebe. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Jam autem eo descendente, servi occurrerunt ei, et nuntiaverunt dicentes, quia filius ejus viveret. |