Bible Lesson: Miracles Of Jesus-Nobleman's Son Healed

Bible Lesson: Miracles of Jesus- The Nobleman's Son healed.

Location: Cana of Galilee.

Text: John 4:46-54 KJV
46 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.
47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto Him, and besought Him that He would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
49 The nobleman saith unto Him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
52 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.
53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when He was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

* Nobleman-Greek-Basilikos (Bas-il-ee-kos): Regal (in relation),..a courtier, or king's, nobleman, royal.
(Abingdon's Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible)

Courtier: An attendant at a royal court.
(New World Dictionary)

This nobleman, was an officer of Herod Antipas (son of Herod the Great)-(tetrarch* of Galilee.
* Tetrarch: Roman ruler of a province.

This account reads so clearly in the New Living Translation.

John 4:43-54 NLT
43 At the end of the two days, Jesus went on to Galilee.
44 He Himself had said that a prophet is not honored in his own hometown.
45 Yet the Galileans welcomed Him, for they had been in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration and had seen everything He did there.
46 As He traveled through Galilee, He came to Cana, where He had turned the water into wine. There was a government official in nearby Capernaum whose son was very sick.
47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.
48 Jesus asked, “Will you never believe in Me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?”
49 The official pleaded, “Lord, please come now before my little boy dies.”
50 Then Jesus told him, “Go back home. Your son will live!” And the man believed what Jesus said and started home.
51 While the man was on his way, some of his servants met him with the news that his son was alive and well.
52 He asked them when the boy had begun to get better, and they replied, “Yesterday afternoon at one o’clock his fever suddenly disappeared!”
53 Then the father realized that that was the very time Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and his entire household believed in Jesus.
54 This was the second miraculous sign Jesus did in Galilee after coming from Judea.


The Roman officer, had heard that Jesus had returned from Judea, and was at Cana.
No doubt he had heard of Christ's first miracle, a year before, of the water turned to wine, perhaps he may have even been there. He had “faith,” that Jesus could cure his son.

His son, was sick unto death.
Our Lord always honors faith, and this Roman ruler would prove to be no exception.

How's your faith today?
Is it strong in the Lord?

James 1:5-8 KJV
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Romans 10:17 KJV
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

John 4:48,49 KJV
48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
49 The nobleman saith unto Him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

The nobleman, by his strongly requesting the Lord Jesus to go down to Capernaum, to heal his dying son, had revealed his little faith in the real power of the one, in front of whom he was standing.

Mark 9:23,24 NLT (Father of a possessed boy.)
23 “What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”
24 The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”

Luke 1:37 KJV
For with God nothing shall be impossible.

John 4:50 KJV
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

The nobleman's faith greatly increased, he now realized, that Jesus, could do even greater things than he had previously imagined. He did not have to touch his son, but merely speak the word, and it would be so!

The result, his son was healed, the very hour Jesus had spoken the word, “Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.”

Friends, let's have “faith,” in God.

Psalm 37:3-5 KJV
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.

Proverbs 3:5,6 KJV
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.

Isaiah 26:3,4 KJV
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

Matthew 17:20 KJV
And Jesus said unto them..., If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Mark 9:23 KJV
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

John 6:28,29 KJV
28 Then said they unto Him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.