John 4:52

Literal Standard Version

he 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";

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He asked them at what time he got better. “Yesterday at one in the afternoon the fever left him,” they answered.

King James Version (1611)
Then inquired hee of them the houre when he began to amend: and they said vnto him, Yesterday at the seuenth houre the feuer left him.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

New American Standard Bible
So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

New Century Version
The man asked, "What time did my son begin to get well?" They answered, "Yesterday at one o'clock the fever left him."

Amplified Bible
So he asked them at what time he began to get better. They said, "Yesterday during the seventh hour (1 p.m.) the fever left him."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

Legacy Standard Bible
So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

Berean Standard Bible
So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, "The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour."

Contemporary English Version
He asked them when the boy got better, and they answered, "The fever left him yesterday at one o'clock."

Complete Jewish Bible
So he asked them at what time he had gotten better; and they said, "The fever left him yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon."

Darby Translation
He 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.

Easy-to-Read Version
The man asked, "What time did my son begin to get well?" They answered, "It was about one o'clock yesterday when the fever left him."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then enquired he of them the houre when he began to amend. And they said vnto him, Yesterday the seuenth houre the feuer left him.

George Lamsa Translation
And he asked them, At what time was he healed? They said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.

Good News Translation
He asked them what time it was when his son got better, and they answered, "It was one o'clock yesterday afternoon when the fever left him."

Lexham English Bible
So he inquired from them the hour at which he had gotten better. Then they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

Literal Translation
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.

American Standard Version
So 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.

Bible in Basic English
So 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.

Hebrew Names Version
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."

International Standard Version
So he asked them at what hour he had begun to recover, and they told him, "The fever left him yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon."the seventh hour">[fn]

Etheridge Translation
And he asked at what time he was healed. They say to him, Yesterday, at seven hours, the fever left him.

Murdock Translation
And he asked them, at what time he recovered. And they said to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour the fever left him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then enquired he of them the houre, when he began to amende. And they sayde vnto hym: Yesterday at the seuenth houre, the feuer left hym.

English Revised Version
So 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.

World English Bible
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."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then he asked of them the hour when he amended. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

Weymouth's New Testament
So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he axide of hem the our, in which he was amendid. And thei seiden to hym, For yistirdai in the seuenthe our the feuer lefte him.

Update Bible Version
So he inquired of them the hour when he began to amend. They said therefore to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then 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.

New English Translation
So he asked them the time when his condition began to improve, and they told him, "Yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon the fever left him."

New King James Version
Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

New Living Translation
He asked them when the boy had begun to get better, and they replied, "Yesterday afternoon at one o'clock his fever suddenly disappeared!"

New Life Bible
He asked them what time his boy began to get well. They said to him, "Yesterday at one o'clock the sickness left."

New Revised Standard
So he asked them the hour when he began to recover, and they said to him, "Yesterday at one in the afternoon the fever left him."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he enquired the hour, from them, when he began, to amend. They said, therefore, unto him - Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He asked therefore of them the hour wherein he grew better. And they said to him: Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.

Revised Standard Version
So he asked them the hour when he began to mend, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then enquyred he of the the houre when he begane to amende. And they sayde vnto him: Yester daye the sevethe houre the fever lefte him.

Young's Literal Translation
he 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;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then enquyred he of them the houre, wherin he beganne to amende. And they sayde vnto him: Yesterdaye aboute the seueth houre the feuer left him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then he enquired of them the hour when he began to mend: and they answered, yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

THE MESSAGE
He asked them what time he began to get better. They said, "The fever broke yesterday afternoon at one o'clock." The father knew that that was the very moment Jesus had said, "Your son lives." That clinched it. Not only he but his entire household believed. This was now the second sign Jesus gave after having come from Judea into Galilee.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He asked him when he had recovered and he said that it had been the day before at about one in the afternoon.

Contextual Overview

⁴³And after the two days He went forth from there, and went away to Galilee, ⁴⁴for Jesus Himself testified that a prophet will not have honor in his own country; ⁴⁵when then, He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all things that He did in Jerusalem in the celebration—for they also went to the celebration. ⁴⁶Jesus came, therefore, again to Cana of Galilee, where He made the water wine, and there was a certain attendant, whose son was ailing in Capernaum, ⁴⁷he, having heard that Jesus comes out of Judea to Galilee, went away to Him, and was asking Him that He may come down and may heal his son, for he was about to die. ⁴⁸Jesus then said to him, "If you may not see signs and wonders, you will not believe." ⁴⁹The attendant says to Him, "Lord, come down before my child dies"; ⁵⁰Jesus says to him, "Be going on; your son lives." And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and was going on, ⁵¹and he now going down, his servants met him, and told, saying, "Your child lives"; ⁵²he 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";

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then inquired he of them the hour,.... He did not at all hesitate about the truth of it, or was in any surprise upon it; but that he might compare things together, he asked the exact time,

when he began to amend; or grow better; for he seemed to think, that his recovery might be gradual, and not all at once, as it was:

and they said unto him, yesterday at the seventh hour; which was one o'clock in the afternoon:

the fever left him; entirely at once, so that he was perfectly well immediately.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The seventh hour - About one o’clock in the afternoon.

The same hour - The very time when Jesus spoke.

The fever left him - It seems that it left him suddenly and entirely; so much so that his friends went to inform the father, and to comfort him, and also, doubtless, to apprise him that it was not necessary to ask aid from Jesus. From this miracle we may learn,

1. That Jesus has an intimate knowledge of all things. He knew the case of this son - the extent of his disease where he was and thus had power to heal him.

2. That Jesus has almighty power. Nothing else could have healed this child. Nor could it be pretended that he did it by any natural means. He was far away from him, and the child knew not the source of the power that healed him. It could not be pretended that there was any collusion or jugglery. The father came in deep anxiety. The servants saw the cure. Jesus was at a distance. Everything in the case bears the mark of being the simple energy of God - put forth with equal ease to heal, whether far or near. Thus, he can save the sinner.

3. We see the benevolence of Jesus. Ever ready to aid, to heal, or to save, he may be called on at all times, and will never be called on in vain.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 4:52. 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 travelled 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.