YHN 4:46 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Then he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine, and there was a certain royal official whose son in Capernaum was ill.

UST Next, Jesus went back again to the town of Cana in the region of Galilee. That was where he had turned water into wine. There was an official of the king who lived nearby in the city of Capernaum and had a son who was very sick.

BSB So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water {into} wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

MSB So once again Jesus[fn] came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water {into} wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

BLB Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee, where He had made the water wine. And there was in Capernaum a certain royal official whose son was sick.

AICNT So {he}[fn] came again to Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son was sick in Capernaum.

4:46, he: Some manuscripts read “Jesus.” A(02) BYZ TR

OEB So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Now there was one of the king’s officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.

LSB Then He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum.

WEBBE Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.

WMBB Yeshua came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.

NET Now he came again to Cana there was a certain royal official whose son was sick.

LSV Jesus 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,

FBV He visited Cana in Galilee again, where he had turned water into wine. Nearby in the town of Capernaum lived a royal official whose son was very sick.

TCNT Once more Jesus went to Cana of Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Now there was a certain royal official whose son was sick in Capernaum.

T4T Jesus went again to Cana in Galilee district. That was where he previously turned water into wine. There was one of the king’s officials who lived in Capernaum, whose son was very sick.

LEB ¶ Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was at Capernaum a certain royal official whose son was sick.

BBE So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.

Moff Once more he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a royal official, whose son was lying ill at Capernaum;

Wymth So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum.

ASV He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

DRA He came again therefore into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capharnaum.

YLT Jesus came, therefore, again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine, and there was a certain courtier, whose son was ailing in Capernaum,

Drby He came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain courtier in Capernaum whose son was sick.

RV He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

SLT Then came Jesus again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain royal one, whose son was sick in Capernaum.

Wbstr So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

KJB-1769 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

KJB-1611 So Iesus came againe into Cana of Galilee, where hee made the water wine. And there was a certaine [fn]noble man, whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum.
(So Yesus/Yeshua came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain noble man, whose son was sick at Capernaum.)

4:46 Or, Courtier, or ruler.

Bshps So Iesus came agayne into Cana of Galilee, where he turned the water into wyne. And there was a certayne ruler, whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum.
(So Yesus/Yeshua came again into Cana of Galilee, where he turned the water into wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capernaum.)

Gnva And Iesus came againe into Cana a towne of Galile, where he had made of water, wine. And there was a certaine ruler, whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum.
(And Yesus/Yeshua came again into Cana a town of Galilee, where he had made of water, wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capernaum. )

Cvdl And Iesus came agayne vnto Cana in Galile, where he turned the water vnto wyne. And there was a certayne ruler, whose sonne laye sicke at Capernaum.
(And Yesus/Yeshua came again unto Cana in Galilee, where he turned the water unto wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son lay sick at Capernaum.)

TNT And Iesus came agayne into Cana of Galile wher he turned water into wyne. And ther was a certayne ruler whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum.
(And Yesus/Yeshua came again into Cana of Galilee wher he turned water into wine. And there was a certain ruler whose son was sick at Capernaum. )

Wycl Therfor he cam eftsoone in to the Cane of Galile, where he made the watir wiyn. And `a litil kyng was, whos sone was sijk at Cafarnaum.
(Therefore he came soon_afterward in to the Cane of Galilee, where he made the water wiyn. And a little king was, whose son was sick at Cafarnaum.)

Luth Und JEsus kam abermal gen Kana in Galiläa, da er das Wasser hatte zu Wein gemacht.
(And Yesus came again to/toward Kana in Galilee, there he the water had to/for wine made.)

ClVg Venit ergo iterum in Cana Galilææ, ubi fecit aquam vinum. Et erat quidam regulus, cujus filius infirmabatur Capharnaum.[fn]
(He_came therefore again in/into/on Cana Galilee, where he_did water wine. And was some regulus, whose son weakbatur Capharnaum. )

4.46 Et erat quidam regulus cujus filius. Iste regulus potest figurare aliquem gentis Judaicæ doctorem, qui tandem post plenam Ecclesiæ gentium conversionem ad quam Dominus a Judæis expulsus per discipulos transmigravit, pro filio, Judaico populo, quem non nisi in fine sæculi fidem accepturum cognoscit, orat, ut de longa perfidiæ infirmitate sanetur.

4.46 And was some regulus whose son. Iste regulus can figure/formre someone nation Yudaicæ doctorem, who/which tandem after full Assemblies/Churches nations conversionm to how Master from To_the_Jews expulsus through disciples transmigravit, for son, Yudaico to_the_people, which not/no except in/into/on fine of_the_world/of_the_ages faith accepturum knows, prays, as from/about longa treachery weakness sanetur.

UGNT ἦλθεν οὖν πάλιν εἰς τὴν Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ὅπου ἐποίησεν τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον. καὶ ἦν τις βασιλικὸς, οὗ ὁ υἱὸς ἠσθένει ἐν Καφαρναούμ.
(aʸlthen oun palin eis taʸn Kana taʸs Galilaias, hopou epoiaʸsen to hudōr oinon. kai aʸn tis basilikos, hou ho huios aʸsthenei en Kafarnaoum.)

SBL-GNT Ἦλθεν οὖν ⸀πάλιν εἰς τὴν Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ὅπου ἐποίησεν τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον. καὶ ἦν τις βασιλικὸς οὗ ὁ υἱὸς ἠσθένει ἐν Καφαρναούμ.
(Aʸlthen oun ⸀palin eis taʸn Kana taʸs Galilaias, hopou epoiaʸsen to hudōr oinon. kai aʸn tis basilikos hou ho huios aʸsthenei en Kafarnaoum.)

RP-GNT Ἦλθεν οὖν πάλιν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὴν Κανᾶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ὅπου ἐποίησεν τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον. Καὶ ἦν τις βασιλικός, οὗ ὁ υἱὸς ἠσθένει ἐν Καπερναούμ.
(Aʸlthen oun palin ho Yaʸsous eis taʸn Kana taʸs Galilaias, hopou epoiaʸsen to hudōr oinon. Kai aʸn tis basilikos, hou ho huios aʸsthenei en Kapernaoum.)

TC-GNT Ἦλθεν οὖν [fn]πάλιν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὴν Κανᾶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ὅπου ἐποίησε τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον. Καὶ ἦν τις βασιλικός, οὗ ὁ υἱὸς ἠσθένει ἐν [fn]Καπερναούμ.
(Aʸlthen oun palin ho Yaʸsous eis taʸn Kana taʸs Galilaias, hopou epoiaʸse to hudōr oinon. Kai aʸn tis basilikos, hou ho huios aʸsthenei en Kapernaoum. )

4:46 παλιν ο ιησους ¦ ο ιησους παλιν TR ¦ παλιν CT

4:46 καπερναουμ ¦ καφαρναουμ CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:43–54: Jesus healed an official’s son

After Jesus left Samaria, he returned to Galilee, his home province. There he healed the son of a government leader. This healing was unusual because Jesus never saw the sick boy. He healed him from a distance.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Jesus did his second miracle in Galilee

Jesus caused an official’s son to get well

Jesus healed someone who was far away

Paragraph 4:43–54

The people welcomed Jesus back because some of them had seen him heal people in Jerusalem. Then a government official asked Jesus to heal his son. At first Jesus seemed to not want to heal him. He said that people wanted to see more and more miracles before they believed in him.

The official pleaded for his son again. Finally, Jesus told him that his son would not die. The official went home and discovered that Jesus had healed his son from a distance. The official and all his people in his house became believers in Jesus.

4:46a

So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine.

Then Jesus went back to Cana of Galilee, where he had made wine from water.
Jesus returned to Cana, the town in Galilee province where earlier he caused the water to become wine.

So: The Greek word that the BSB translates as So indicates that the author is returning to the story. It means “therefore,” but you should use a word or phrase that indicates a return to the story. Or leave it untranslated if that is natural in your language. For example:

While Jesus was in Galilee, he returned to the village of Cana (CEV)

Jesus went again to visit Cana in Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. (NCV)

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. (NET)

He: The pronoun He refers to Jesus.

came to Cana in Galilee: Cana is a town in the area of Galilee. In some languages it is more natural to make this explicit. For example:

Jesus returned to the village of Cana in Galilee

where He had turned the water into wine: This refers back to the miracle that is described in 2:1–10. Refer back to this miracle in a way that is natural in your language.

turned…into: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as turned…into means to transform something or change something so that it becomes something else. Jesus took water and it became wine.

In some languages it is more natural to say this phrase a different way. For example:

where he had made the water wine (NET)

caused the water to become wine

wine: The word wine refers to an alcoholic drink. It was the common drink during meals among the Jews of Jesus’ day. It is made from the juice of a fruit called grapes. When grape juice ferments, it becomes wine. Use the same term for wine both here and in 2:3a.

4:46b

And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

And one of the men working for the chief/king had a son who was sick. This son was in Capernaum.
There was a government officer who had a son who was sick in Capernaum.

And: This word just shows transition from Jesus coming into Cana to introducing a new person in the story. The Greek word that the BSB translates literally here as And is translated that way in several translations (KJV, RSV, NIV, NASB, ESV). Others (NET, GNT, CEV, NCV, NLT, GW, REB) leave this word untranslated. Translate this transition in a way that is natural in your language.

there was a royal official: There are two ways to understand the Greek word that the BSB translates as there was:

The Greek word means “there existed.” Therefore, it introduces a new person into the story. For example:
And there was a certain royal official (NIV) (BSB,NRSV, NIV, KJV, NASB, NJB)
The Greek word means that the royal official was at a particular place. In that sense, it could be translated “was there.” For example:
An officer in the royal service was there (REB) (REB, GNT, GW, RSV, ESV, NET, NLT, CEV, NCV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). The author does introduce a new person here, so it is better to understand the word in that way. Introduce this new person in a way that is natural in your language.

royal official: This phrase probably refers to someone who served Herod Antipas,Herod Antipas was the son of Herod the Great (mentioned in Luke 1:5 and Matthew 2). possibly a military officer. Herod was the tetrarch (ruler) of Galilee at that time, and was often called “the king.” He governed under the Roman emperor. Here are other ways to translate this phrase:

One of the king’s important officers (NCV)

A man working for the Roman ruler

whose son lay sick: The Greek verb that the BSB translated as lay sick means to be sick or unwell. In some languages it is more natural not to mention that he was lying down. For example

his son was sick (NCV)

And there was a court official whose son was ill in Capernaum. (NJB)

at Capernaum: This was a town near Cana in Galilee. In some languages it may be good to say explicitly:

in the town of Capernaum

General Comment on 4:46b

It is clear in the Greek text that the royal official’s son was in Capernaum. However, different English translations say different things about where the official was when Jesus arrived in Cana. There are three ways that translations talk about where the official was:

The translation does not specify where the official was. For example:
And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. (NIV) (BSB, NRSV, NIV, KJV, NASB, NJB, TLV)
The translation says that the royal official was in Capernaum. For example:
And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. (ESV) (RSV, ESV, NET, NLT, CEV, NCV)
The translation says that the royal official was in Cana. For example:
Then Jesus went back to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. A government official was there whose son was sick in Capernaum. (GNT) (REB, GNT, GW)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1) and not specify where the official was. The Greek text does not clearly specify where the official was. If you must specify where the official was, it is recommended that you follow interpretation (2). Most translations that specify where he was follow that interpretation.

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Jesus Speaks with a Woman in Samaria

John 4

As the story of Jesus’ encounter with a Samaritan woman demonstrates, even simple geography–the divine arrangement of places where God leads us in life–can position us for fruitful ministry if we are willing to reach out to those along our journey. This episode in Jesus’ ministry occurred immediately after Jesus had cleared the Temple in Jerusalem and was gaining even more followers than John the Baptist (John 2:13-25; 4:1-3). Likely wanting to avoid a direct clash with Jewish leadership so early in his ministry, Jesus chose instead to return to Galilee. The most direct route from Jerusalem to Galilee passed through Samaria, and, as the Jewish historian Josephus notes, this was the route normally chosen by most Jews at the time (Antiquities of the Jews, Book XX:6). The city of Samaria (renamed Sebaste by Jesus’ time) was originally the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, but in 722 B.C. the Assyrians exiled many Israelites to other parts of their empire and relocated other foreign peoples in Israel (2 Kings 15:29; 17:1-24; 1 Chronicles 5:26; also see “Israelites Are Exiled to Assyria”). This diverse population then developed a new religion that mixed elements of Israelite worship with pagan worship (2 Kings 17:24-41), and centuries later they set up their own temple on Mount Gerizim. Because of their mixed ancestry and religion, Samaritans were often detested by many Jews (John 4:9), and hostilities periodically erupted between Jews and Samaritans. Jesus himself would later be refused entry into Samaria while traveling from Galilee to Jerusalem (Luke 9:52-56; also see “Jesus’ Final Journey to Jerusalem”), and Josephus notes that about 20 years after this time a number of Galileans were killed by Samaritans as they attempted to make their way to Jerusalem through the village of Ginae. Probably because of these hostilities, some Jews preferred to take alternate routes that bypassed Samaria. Still other Jews chose these routes to avoid even associating with Samaritans. Jesus, however, appears to have chosen the more direct route through Samaria, which led him to the village of Sychar–right next to the ancient site of Shechem and Mount Gerizim. There he met a Samaritan woman by a well and spoke to her about God’s gift of living water for her soul. He also revealed supernatural knowledge about her, so she asked him whether Mount Gerizim or Jerusalem was the proper place to worship. Jesus gently rebuked her belief in Samaritan worship practices, but he also assured her that one day the physical location of worshipers will no longer matter. Instead, all true believers will worship God in spirit and truth. When Jesus revealed to the woman that he was the Messiah, she left her water jar and told the townspeople about Jesus. Meanwhile, Jesus’ disciples returned, and Jesus urged them to recognize that the fields were ripe for harvesting, presumably meaning that many Samaritans were ready to believe in him. Because of the Samaritan woman’s testimony, many of the townspeople believed in Jesus and persuaded him to stay there two more days before returning to Galilee. Years later the apostle Philip found fruitful ministry among the Samaritans as well, and many came to faith in Jesus (Acts 8:5-13; also see “The Ministries of Philip and Peter”).

Parallel YHN 4:46

Section 4:43–54: Jesus healed an official’s son

Paragraph 4:43–54

4:46a

4:46b

General Comment on 4:46b

Jesus Speaks with a Woman in Samaria