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‌ Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. Thence is translated to mean "from that place."

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‌For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. That is such an odd statement made by the author here. Jesus highlights that He will have no honor in His home country, yet it is implied that He had reason to go back.

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‌Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him We have just gained insight that Jesus knows He will not be honored in His home. Yet, the verse explains that the people received Him. Something deeper must be at work here.

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Notice why they receive Him: having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast‌. Yet, even then, Jesus ‌did not commit himself unto them, but left because He knew their hearts were impure.

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. John 2:23-25

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Jesus is strict on not just whether we honor Him, but also how we honor Him. Even in the gospel account of Matthew, Jesus emphasizes this occurrence: "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me."

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So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee We first see Jesus in Cana back in chapter 2 at the wedding feast: And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee;.

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‌And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. A regal or royal man of high stature heard of the things Jesus did. This speaks to the power and breadth of Jesus' ministry for the poor and rich, learned and ignorant, distant and near knew of the power of the Lord.

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‌When he heard...he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his sonThose, especially in this time, of wealth and power didn't typically have to ask for anything. Yet, this nobleman set on his heart to beseech Jesus, meaning to ask, pray, or beg. God can humble even the haughtiest hearts, and we find this man was humbled ‌for he was at the point of death.

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and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son Those, especially in this time, of wealth and power didn't typically have to ask for anything. Yet, this nobleman set on his heart to beseech Jesus, meaning to ask, pray, or beg. God can humble even the haughtiest hearts, and we find this man was humbled ‌for [his son] was at the point of death. No amount of money can insulate you from sickness or death, only God.

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‌Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. Jesus rebukes the nobleman in saying, as he currently was, he was unable to receive the help he needed from Jesus due to how he believed. The nobleman had some level of belief in that he traveled from Capernaum to entreat Jesus. However, Jesus needed Him to move past the hollow faith through signs and wonders and believe just in His Name. We don't believe merely because of what Jesus can do but because of who Jesus is!

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‌Sir, come down ere my child die. Could the nobleman have accepted the rebuke and not taken offense? Does the nobleman see this as an opportunity to continue to beg and wrestle for the deliverance of his child? Or does the nobleman miss the rebuke altogether? The prophets raised children from the dead; did he think Jesus was equal to their power and must be there for healing to come?

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‌Go thy way; thy son liveth Whether it was something the man showed that pleased the Lord or just an abundance of Jesus' grace, He proclaims the man's son liveth. Not the miracle or sign the people desperately clung to, not a drawn-out ceremony or ritual, nor Jesus needing to make the 25-mile travel to Capernaum, but just His Word declared.

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And the man believed the word The nobleman believed the word of God and went in faith.

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‌his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth What an encouraging confirmation before he arrives home; his servants proclaim the same that Jesus did: thy son liveth.

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‌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. We must be diligent after our help comes from the Lord to seek to give Him all the glory and honor. They inform him that the child became well the previous day's seventh hour.

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‌So the father knew...and himself believed, and his whole house. We see a recurring theme of people who have genuine encounters with Jesus and desire for others also to experience the joy of Him. Not only did he believe, but his entire house, for he was the head, and God has allowed the head of homes to be the spiritual leader and set the course of a family.