John 4:48

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܐܳܡܰܪ ܠܶܗ ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܐܶܢ ܐܳܬ݂ܘܳܬ݂ܳܐ ܘܬ݂ܶܕ݂ܡܪܳܬ݂ܳܐ ܠܳܐ ܬ݁ܶܚܙܽܘܢ ܠܳܐ ܬ݁ܗܰܝܡܢܽܘܢ ܀

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Except: John 4:41, John 4:42, John 2:18, John 12:37, John 15:24, John 20:29, Numbers 14:11, Matthew 16:1, Matthew 27:42, Luke 10:18, Luke 16:31, Acts 2:22, 1 Corinthians 1:22

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:3 - multiply 1 Kings 14:3 - he shall tell 2 Kings 5:11 - Behold Matthew 9:28 - Believe Matthew 12:38 - Master Mark 5:36 - only Mark 8:11 - seeking Mark 9:23 - If Luke 4:23 - whatsoever

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Jesus unto him,.... With some degree of roughness in his speech, and severity in his countenance, in a way of reproof for his unbelief, as if he could not heal his son without going down to Capernaum along with him:

except ye see signs and wonders ye will not believe. This was the cast of the Jews every where, both in Judea and Galilee; they required signs and miracles to be wrought, in confirmation of Christ's being the Messiah, and which indeed was but right; and Christ did perform them for that purpose: but their sin of unbelief lay in this, that they wanted still more and more signs; they could not be contented with what they had seen, but required more, being sluggish and backward to believe. Our Lord seems to say this chiefly for the sake of the Galilaeans, that were about him; who, though they might be acquainted with his former miracles, when among them, of turning water into wine, and had seen his wondrous works at the feast at Jerusalem, yet were very desirous of seeing more, and perhaps very pressing for this cure.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Except ye see signs ... - This was spoken not to the nobleman only, but to the Galileans generally. The Samaritans had believed without any miracle. The Galileans, he said, were less disposed to believe him than even they were; and though he had performed miracles enough to convince them, yet, unless they continually saw them, they would not believe.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 48. Except ye see signs and wonders, c.] Our Lord does not tell this man that he had no faith, but that he had not enough. If he had had none, he would not have come from Capernaum to Cana, to beg him to heal his son. If he had had enough, he would have been contented with recommending his son to our Lord, without entreating him to go to Capernaum to heal him which intimates that he did not believe our Lord could do it at a distance. But the words are not addressed to the nobleman alone, but to all the Galilean Jews in general; for our Lord uses the plural number, which he never does when addressing an individual. These people differed widely from the people of Sychar: they had neither a love of the truth, nor simplicity of heart; and would not believe any thing from heaven, unless forced on their minds by the most striking miracles. They were favoured with the ministry of John Baptist; but, as that was not accompanied with miracles, it was not generally credited. They require the miracles of Christ, in order that they may credit the advent of the Messiah. There are many like these Galileans still in the world: they deny that God can have any influence among men; and as to the operations of the Holy Spirit, they, in the genuine Galilean spirit, boldly assert that they will not credit any man who professes to be made a partaker of them, unless he work a miracle in proof of his pretensions! These persons should know that the grace of working miracles was very different from that by which a man is saved; and that the former might exist, even in the most astonishing measure, where the latter did not. See 1 Corinthians 13:2.