John 4:54

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:54

This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judaea into Galilee.The second sign ... means the second fully recounted in John. This author presented seven great signs of the deity of Jesus Christ, and this is the second in that sequence. Jesus, even this early in his ministry, had already wrought countless miraculous deeds (12:23; 3:2; and 4:45).The evident purpose of including this wonder in the list of seven was to show that the physical presence of the Lord was not... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 4:54

John 4:54. The second miracle— Some render it, A second. Others translate it, This second miracle Jesus performed, when he came out of Judea; for it is manifest that the words must be taken with this limitation, as Christ had wrought many miracles in other places. Inferences drawn from the cure of the ruler's son, John 4:46-54. The divine mercies are as comfortable in their issue, as in themselves; seldom or ever do blessings go alone: where our Saviour supplied the bridegroom's wine, there he... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:43-54

E. Jesus’ resumption of His Galilean ministry 4:43-54Jesus continued to move north, back into Galilee, where He healed a nobleman’s son. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:46-54

2. The second sign: healing the official’s Song of Solomon 4:46-54This incident completes a cycle in John’s Gospel. Jesus performed His first sign in Cana (John 2:1), and now He returned and did another miracle there (John 4:46). There is even a second reference to Capernaum (John 2:12; John 4:46). John’s account of Jesus’ first miracle in Cana (John 2:11) ended with a reference to the weak faith of the Jews that rested only on miracles (John 2:23-25). His account of Jesus’ second miracle in... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:54

John interestingly identified this miracle as the second sign that Jesus did even though He did other miracles in both Galilee and Judea after He changed the water to wine (cf. John 2:23; John 3:2). Moreover this is the second of several miracles that John labeled in his Gospel as signs, but he numbered only the first two. All this evidence points to his regarding the first and second signs as similar and related to each other. The structure of this part of John’s narrative, as I have sought to... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:1-54

The Samaritan Woman1-42. Christ in Samaria. The ministry in Samaria is recorded because it is the author’s design to exhibit Christ as the Saviour, not only of Israel, but of the world (John 4:42).The Samaritans were mainly an alien race, descended from the colonists planted in the land by the Assyrians (2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 17:24, 2 Kings 17:26, 2 Kings 17:29; Ezra 4:1, Ezra 4:9-10). They boasted, however, of being Israelites, and with some degree of justification, for there was probably a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 4:54

(54) This is again the second.—The English version has inserted the article, which is not found in the Greek, and has added in italics is and that. Omitting these additions, and remembering that in St. John’s language every miracle has its deeper teaching, the verse will read, “This again, a second sign, did Jesus when he was come out of Judæa into Galilee.” His first presence in Galilee was marked by a sign (John 2:1-11), and this visit is also. There the individual disciples, who were to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - John 4:1-54

Our Lord in Work and Rest John 4:6 'Jesus being wearied with His journey, sat thus on the well.' He carried His work to the point of weariness, and He rested in readiness for new labour. It was at the noontide of the day, and He was already worn out by His effort. Thus there is authority for Christians exhausting themselves in their service. This is a world of seeking, and He was seeking souls. He sought them as men seek for wealth and power, and never grudged the pains nor spared Himself.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - John 4:31-54

Chapter 11THE SECOND SIGN IN GALILEE.“In the mean while the disciples prayed Him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But He said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought Him aught to eat? Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to accomplish His work. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - John 4:1-54

CHAPTER 4 1. He Must Needs Pass Through Samaria. (John 4:1-5 .) 2. At Sychar’s Well; Jesus and the Samaritan Woman. (John 4:6-26 .) 3. The Woman’s Witness and the Believing Samaritans. (John 4:27-42 .) 4. His Return to Galilee. (John 4:43-45 .) 5. The Second Miracle, the Healing of the Nobleman’s Son. (John 4:46-54 .) In the Gospel of Matthew the Lord told His disciples not to go into the way of the Gentiles and not to enter into any city of the Samaritans. (Matthew 10:5 ). He sent them... read more

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