John 4:50

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܐܳܡܰܪ ܠܶܗ ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܙܶܠ ܒ݁ܪܳܟ݂ ܚܰܝ ܗ݈ܽܘ ܘܗܰܝܡܶܢ ܗܰܘ ܓ݁ܰܒ݂ܪܳܐ ܒ݁ܡܶܠܬ݂ܳܐ ܕ݁ܶܐܡܰܪ ܠܶܗ ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܘܶܐܙܰܠ ܀

Bible Verse Review
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Go: John 11:40, 1 Kings 17:13-15, Matthew 8:13, Mark 7:29, Mark 7:30, Mark 9:23, Mark 9:24, Luke 17:14, Acts 14:9, Acts 14:10, Romans 4:20, Romans 4:21, Hebrews 11:19

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 14:12 - when thy feet 1 Kings 17:16 - the barrel Ecclesiastes 9:7 - Go Matthew 15:28 - be it Mark 1:42 - immediately Luke 5:13 - immediately Luke 7:10 - General John 4:51 - Thy

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus saith unto him, go thy way,.... Return home in peace, be not over much troubled and distressed about this matter; leave it with me, I will take care of it; all will be well: so the Persic version reads, "be not anxious, and go thy way"; do not be solicitous for my presence, or urge me to go with thee; depart alone, there is no necessity for my being upon the spot:

thy son liveth; he is now recovered of his disease, and is well, and in perfect health, and lives, and will live:

and the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken to him; such power went along with the words of Christ, as not only cured the son at that distance, who lay at the point of death, but also the father of his unbelief; and he no more insisted on his going down with him, but firmly believed that his son was alive, and well, as Christ had said he was:

and he went his way; he took his leave of Christ, and set out for Capernaum; very probably, not the same day, it being now in the afternoon of the day; but the next morning, as it should seem from what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Go thy way - This was a kind and tender address. It was designed to convince him that he could word a miracle though not personally present.

Thy son liveth - Thy son shall recover; or he shall be restored to health, according to thy request.

The man believed - The manner in which Jesus spoke it, and the assurance which he gave, convinced the man that he could heal him there as well as to go to Capernaum to do it. This is an instance of the power of Jesus to convince the mind, to soothe doubts, to confirm faith, and to meet our desires. He blesses not always in the manner in which we ask, but he grants us our main wish. The father wished his son healed by Jesus “going down” to Capernaum. Jesus healed him, but not in the way in which he asked it to be done. God will hear our prayers and grant our requests, but often not in the precise manner in which we ask it. It is his to judge of the best way of doing us good.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 4:50. Go thy way; thy son liveth. — Had our Lord gone with him, as he wished, his unbelief could not have been fully removed; as he would have still thought that our Lord's power could not reach from Cana to Capernaum: in order to destroy his unbelief at once, and bring him into the fulness of the faith of his supreme power, he cures him, being apparently absent, by that energy through which he fills both the heavens and the earth. Here it may be observed, our blessed Lord did what this man requested him to do, but not in the way in which he wished it to be done. God will save all to the uttermost who call upon him, but not in the way in which they may desire. Eternal life is the free gift of God, and he has a right to give it as he pleases; and he always gives his gifts in that way in which his glory is best promoted, and our eternal interest secured.

The man believed the word — And yet it appears that he had suspended his faith upon a certain condition: "If I find on my return that my son is healed, I will believe that Jesus is the Messiah."