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Joh 4:54. [95] [96] Δεύτερον, the second) He had wrought miracles at Jerusalem, ch. Joh 2:23. This, therefore, is the second, which was wrought in Galilee, when He had come thither out of Judea. [This it seems is the method of John, that he moves in a ternary way [selecting incidents by threes]. He relates three miracles accomplished in Galilee: first, at the marriage, ch. 2; the second, on the nobleman’s son, in this passage; the third, in feeding five thousand men, ch. 6. Three also in Judea: the first at the feast of Pentecost, on the impotent man at Bethesda, ch. 5; the second, after the feast of tabernacles, on the blind man, ch. 9; the third, on the dead man Lazarus, before the Passover, ch. 11. So also after the Ascension, he has described in all three appearances, in which the Saviour exhibited Himself to the disciples: ch. Joh 21:14, “This is now the third time, that Jesus showed Himself to His disciples, after that He was risen from the dead.”-Harm., p. 174, etc.]
[95] ἑβδόμην, the seventh) Immediately after mid-day. And one cannot suppose that either the nobleman or his servants delayed: therefore he had set out a long journey to Jesus.-V. g.
[96] Ver. 53. καὶ ἡ οἰκία αὐτοῦ ὅλη, and his whole house) What can be imagined more gratifying than such an announcement!-V. g.