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John Chapter 4 verse 51 Holy Bible

ASV John 4:51

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, saying, that his son lived.
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BBE John 4:51

And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living.
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DARBY John 4:51

But already, as he was going down, his servants met him and brought [him] word saying, Thy child lives.
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KJV John 4:51

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
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WBT John 4:51

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WEB John 4:51

As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying "Your child lives!"
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YLT John 4:51

and he now going down, his servants met him, and told, saying -- `Thy child doth live;'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 51. - Now as he was going down to Capernaum (if we take any of the more recent determinations of the site of Cana (see John 2:1, 2), this means that he had traversed a distance of between twenty and twenty-five miles, so that there is no reason to treat with ridicule or regard as inexplicable the time taken for the return journey, or that a night should have been spent in the transit from Cana), his servants met him, saying, that his boy lived. The oblique form is certainly far more reasonable, less mechanical, and more likely to have been altered into the direct form by an incautious copyist from the previous verse, than to have constituted the original text. Note that Jesus used the most dignified title, "son" (υἱός); the father employs the tender diminutive (παιδίον); while the servants use the domestic term (παῖς).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(51) And as he was now going.--Many a long mile lay between him and his child, and many an anxious thought must have come to his mind as he journeyed homeward. Now faith would be strong, and now almost give way; but he travels on with the words, "Thy son liveth," which had come to him as a voice from heaven, sustaining and cheering him. Again he hears the same words, "Thy son liveth!" but they are spoken by the servants, who have come to meet him, and bring from Capernaum the glad news that he had himself heard at Cana.