The nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
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John 4:49 in context
John 4:46–52
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Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
47
When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
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Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”
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The nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
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Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
51
As he was going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!”
52
So 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.”
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