💫WEB · John 4:53
What does John 4:53 mean?
"So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” He believed, as did his whole house."
— John 4:53 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
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.
As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!”
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.”
So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” He believed, as did his whole house.
This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.
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