the Second Week after Easter
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Jerome's Latin Vulgate
secundum Marcum 4:49
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Dicit ad eum regulus : Domine, descende priusquam moriatur filius meus.
Dicit ad eum regius: "Domine, descende priusquam moriatur puer meus".
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
come: Psalms 40:17, Psalms 88:10-12, Mark 5:23, Mark 5:35, Mark 5:36
Reciprocal: John 11:32 - if
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir,.... Notwithstanding this reproof, and seeming denial, he presses him again, and addressing him in a handsome and courteous manner, importunately entreats him, saying:
come down ere my son die; here was faith with a mixture of unbelief; he believed that Christ was able to heal his son, but he still thought that his going down with him was necessary; that he must be corporeally present, and must lay his hands on him, or touch him, or speak, and command the distemper off, or something of this kind, and which must be done before he died; for otherwise, should he die first, all hope was then gone; he had no notion of Christ being able to raise him from the dead.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Come down ... - The earnestness of the nobleman evinces the deep and tender anxiety of a father. So anxious was he for his son that he was not willing that Jesus should delay a moment - not even to address the people. He still seems to have supposed that Jesus had no power to heal his son except he was present with him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 49. Sir, come down, c.] He did not think our Lord could cure him without being present, and seems here to feel himself hurt, because our Lord did not come at his first entreaty. It is difficult for a proud man, or a man in office, to humble himself, or to treat even God Almighty with proper respect. The spirit of this man seems not much unlike to that of Naaman the Syrian, 2 Kings 5:11.
