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Joh_4:45-46. Ἐδέξαντο αὐτόν ] The reception which He found among them was one of faith, for He now brought with Him from Jerusalem the honour which the prophet had not in his own country; therefore πάντα ἑωρακότες , κ . τ . λ ., because they had seen, etc., and in this we have the key to the right understanding of Joh_4:44.
Joh_4:46. οὖν ] in consequence of this reception, which encouraged Him to go farther into the country. He goes again straight to Cana, because here He had relatives, and might hope in consequence of His first miracle to find the soil prepared for further labour on His part.
κ . ἦν τις βασιλικὸς , κ . τ . λ .] ἐν Καφαρναούμ should be joined to ἦν . Βασιλικός , a royal person, is, according to the frequent use of the word in Josephus (see Krebs, p. 144) and other writers (Plutarch, Polyb., etc.; see Wetstein), not a relation of the king (so Baronius, Bos, and many, also allowed by Chrysostom), but one in the service of the king (Herod Antipas); whether a military man (thus very often in Josephus; Nonnus: ἰθύνων στρατιήν ), or civilian, or court retainer, is uncertain.
ὁ υἱίς ] according to Joh_4:49, still young. The article indicates, perhaps, that he was the only one.