John 4 · Verse 52

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 4:52, King James Version

John 4:52 in other translations

BSBSo he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
WEBSo he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.”
ASVSo he inquired of them the hour when he began to amend. They said therefore unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
YLThe inquired then of them the hour in which he became better, and they said to him--‘Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him;'
DARBYHe inquired therefore from them the hour at which he got better. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
BBESo he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease went from him yesterday at the seventh hour.
WebsterThen he inquired of them the hour when he began to amend: and they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

What does John 4:52 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.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 52. The seventh hour. About one o'clock in the afternoon.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 52 Then inquired he of them the hour - The servants, overjoyed to find their master's son so suddenly restored, set off to meet him, that they might impart to him tidings which they knew would be so very agreeable; and he, intent on having his faith settled, began immediately to inquire what time it was when the fever left him, to see whether his cure was the effect of some natural cause, or whether it was done by the power of Christ. Yesterday at the seventh hour - At the time we would call one o'clock. Dr. Macknight thinks the Roman hour is intended; i.e. seven o'clock in the evening; and this he thinks is the reason why our Lord did not accompany the nobleman: for, as Cana was a day's journey from Capernaum, had our Lord gone at that hour he must have traveled in the night, from which it might have been inferred that he could not cure the child without being personally present. Harmony, vol. i. p. 52.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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John 4:52 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐπύθετοeputhetoHe inquiredG4441
οὖνounthereforeG3767
τὴνtēntheG3588
ὥρανhōranhourG5610
παρ᾽par᾽fromG3844
αὐτῶνautōnthemG846
ἐνeninG1722
ᾗhēwhichG3739
κομψότερονkompsoteronbetterG2866
ἔσχεν.eschenhe got.G2192
εἶπανeipanThey saidG2036
οὖνounthereforeG3767
αὐτῷautōto himG846
ὅτιhotithatG3754
ἐχθὲςechthesYesterdayG5504
ὥρανhōranat hourG5610
ἑβδόμηνhebdomēnseventhG1442
ἀφῆκενaphēkenleftG863
αὐτὸνautonhimG846
ὁhotheG3588
πυρετός.¶puretosfever.G4446

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 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 4:53

    So 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.

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John 4:52 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces él les preguntó á qué hora comenzó á estar mejor. Y dijéronle: Ayer á las siete le dejó la fiebre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors il s’enquit d’eux à quelle heure il s’était trouvé mieux; et ils lui dirent: Hier, à la septième heure, la fièvre l’a quitté.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er erforschte nun von ihnen die Stunde, in welcher es besser mit ihm geworden sei; und sie sagten zu ihm: Gestern zur siebten Stunde verließ ihn das Fieber.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Interrogabat ergo horam ab eis in qua melius habuerit. Et dixerunt ei: Quia heri hora septima reliquit eum febris.