John 4:50

Green's Literal Translation

Jesus said to him, Go! Your son lives. And the man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went away.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "Go. Your son will live." The man believed what Jesus told him and went home.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus sayde vnto him goo thy waye thy sonne liveth. And the ma beleved ye wordes yt Iesus had spoke vnto him and wet his waye.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua said to him, "Go your way. Your son lives." The man believed the word that Yeshua spoke to him, and he went his way.

International Standard Version
Jesus said to him, "Go home. Your son will live." The man believed what Jesus told him and started on his way.

New American Standard Bible
Jesus said to him, "Go; your son is alive." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went home.

New Century Version
Jesus answered, "Go. Your son will live." The man believed what Jesus told him and went home.

Update Bible Version
Jesus says to him, Go your way; your son lives. The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus saith to him, Go; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken to him, and he departed.

English Standard Version
Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.

World English Bible
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.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus saith to him, Go: thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus spake to him, and he went.

Weymouth's New Testament
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus seith to hym, Go, thi sone lyueth. The man bileuede to the word, that Jhesus seide to hym, and he wente.

English Revised Version
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. The man believed the word that Jesus spake unto him, and he went his way.

Berean Standard Bible
"Go," said Jesus. "Your son will live." The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus then said, "Your son will live. Go on home to him." The man believed Jesus and started back home.

Amplified Bible
Jesus said to him, "Go; your son lives!" The man believed what Jesus said to him and started home.

American Standard Version
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. The man believed the word that Jesus spake unto him, and he went his way.

Bible in Basic English
And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away.

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua replied, "You may go, your son is alive." The man believed what Yeshua said and left.

Darby Translation
Jesus says to him, Go, thy son lives. And the man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went his way.

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu saith to him, Go, thy son liveth. And the man believed in the word which Jeshu had spoken to him, and went.

Murdock Translation
Jesus said to him: Go, thy son liveth. And the man believed the word which Jesus spake to him, and went away.

King James Version (1611)
Iesus saith vnto him, Go thy way, thy sonne liueth. And the man beleeued the word that Iesus had spoken vnto him, and he went his way.

New Living Translation
Then Jesus told him, "Go back home. Your son will live!" And the man believed what Jesus said and started home.

New Life Bible
Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your son will live." The man put his trust in what Jesus said and left.

New Revised Standard
Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus said vnto him, Go thy way, thy sonne liueth: and the man beleeued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto him, and went his way.

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said to him, Go, your son is healed. And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him and went away.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus saith unto him - Be going thy way: thy son, liveth! And the man believed in the word which Jesus spake to him, and at once went his way.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus saith to him: Go thy way. Thy son liveth. The man believed the word which Jesus said to him and went his way.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus sayth vnto hym: Go thy way, thy sonne lyueth. The man beleued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto hym, and he went his way.

Good News Translation
Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live!" The man believed Jesus' words and went.

Christian Standard Bible®
“Go,”

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
Jesus said to him, "Go, your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he departed.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus saith to him, `Be going on; thy son doth live.' And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and was going on,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus sayde vnto him: Go thy waye, thy sonne lyueth. The man beleued the worde, that Iesus sayde vnto him, and wente his waye.

Mace New Testament (1729)
go thy way, said Jesus: thy son is well. and the man believed what Jesus had said to him, and went his way.

THE MESSAGE
Jesus simply replied, "Go home. Your son lives." The man believed the bare word Jesus spoke and headed home. On his way back, his servants intercepted him and announced, "Your son lives!"

New English Translation
Jesus told him, "Go home; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.

New King James Version
Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your son lives." So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus put a reassuring hand on the man's shoulder and said, "Go home. Your son will be fine." The man believed him and headed out at once.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus said to him, "Go; your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started off.

Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus *said to him, "Go; your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way.

Contextual Overview

⁴³ But after the two days, He went out from there, and went away into Galilee. ⁴⁴ For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own fatherland. ⁴⁵ Therefore, when He came into Galilee, the Galileans received Him, seeing all things which He did in Jerusalem at the Feast. For they also went to the Feast. ⁴⁶ Then Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick in Capernaum. ⁴⁷ Hearing that Jesus was coming from Judea into Galilee, this one went out to Him and asked Him that He would come and heal his son, for he was about to die. ⁴⁸ Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see miraculous signs and wonders, you will not at all believe. ⁴⁹ The nobleman said to Him, Sir, come down before my child dies. ⁵⁰ Jesus said to him, Go! Your son lives. And the man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went away. ⁵¹ But already, as he was going down, his slaves met him and reported, saying, Your child lives. ⁵² He then asked from them the hour in which he had gotten better. And they said to him, Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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."