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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
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…
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I. Christ's coming into Galilee, Joh 4:43. Though he was as welcome among the Samaritans as he could be any where, and had better success, yet after two days he left them, not…
Cambridge Bible
began to amend Or, was somewhat better; a colloquial expression. The father fancies that the cure will be gradual. The fever will depart at Christ's word, but will depart in the ordinary way. He has…