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OET (OET-RV) So he went again to Cana there in Galilee where he had made the water into wine. Now there was a royal official there, whose son in Capernaum was ill.
OET-LV Therefore he_came again to the Kana of_ the _Galilaia, where he_made the water wine.
And was a_certain royal official, of_whose the son was_ailing in Kafarnaʼoum.
SR-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.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
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.
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.
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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.
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 [fn][fn]So Iesus came againe into Cana of Galilee, where hee made the water wine. And there was a certaine 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.)
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 wyne. 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 wyne. 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 wyne. And there was a certain ruler whose son was sick at Capernaum. )
Wyc 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 eftsoone in to the Cane of Galilee, where he made the water wiyn. And `a little king was, whos 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 abermal to/toward Kana in Galiläa, there he the water had to wine made.)
ClVg Venit ergo iterum in Cana Galilææ, ubi fecit aquam vinum. Et erat quidam regulus, cujus filius infirmabatur Capharnaum.[fn]
(Venit therefore again in Cana Galilææ, where he_did waterm vinum. And was quidam regulus, cuyus son infirmabatur 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 quidam regulus cuyus son. Iste regulus potest figurare aliquem gentis Yudaicæ doctorem, who tandem after plenam Ecclesiæ gentium conversionem to how Master from Yudæis expulsus through discipulos transmigravit, for filio, Yudaico to_the_people, which not/no nisi in fine sæculi faith accepturum cognoscit, orat, as about longa perfidiæ infirmitate 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.)
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. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential
οὖν
therefore
Then indicates that the events which the story will now relate came after the event it has just described. If it would be helpful in your language, you could show this relationship by using a fuller phrase. Alternate translation: “After Jesus entered Galilee and the Galileans welcomed him”
Note 2 topic: writing-participants
καὶ ἦν τις βασιλικὸς
and was /a/_certain royal_‹official›
This phrase introduces a new character in the story. Use the natural form in your language for introducing a new character. The expression royal official identifies this man as someone who was in the service of the king. Since he is a new participant, if it would be helpful to your readers, you could call him something like “a man who was a government official who served the king”
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”).