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John 4:52

King James Version (KJV)

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.

Translations

John 4:52 - Amplified Bible

So he asked them at what time he had begun to get better. They said, Yesterday during the seventh hour (about one o'clock in the afternoon) the fever left him.

John 4:52 - American Standard Version

So he inquired of them the hour when he began to amend. They said therefore unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

John 4:52 - Bible in Basic English

So he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease went from him yesterday at the seventh hour.

John 4:52 - Darby Bible

He inquired therefore from them the hour at which he got better. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

John 4:52 - English Standard Version

So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

John 4:52 - King James Version

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.

John 4:52 - La Biblia de las Americas

Entonces les preguntò a qué hora habìa empezado a mejorar. Y le respondieron: Ayer a la hora séptima (I.e., la una de la tarde) se le quitò la fiebre.

John 4:52 - The Message

He asked them what time he began to get better. They said, "The fever broke yesterday afternoon at one o’clock." The father knew that that was the very moment Jesus had said, "Your son lives."

John 4:52 - New American Standard Bible

So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, "Yesterday at the (Perhaps 7 p.m. Roman time or 1 p.m. Jewish time) seventh hour the fever left him."

John 4:52 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Entonces les preguntò a qué hora habìa empezado a mejorar. Y le respondieron: "Ayer a la una de la tarde (la hora séptima) se le quitò la fiebre."

John 4:52 - World English Bible

So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him."

John 4:52 - Young's Living Translation

he inquired then of them the hour in which he became better, and they said to him -- `Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him;`

John 4:52 - Additional Comments

The seventh hour is the seventh hour from 6am, which would make it 1pm.
How would the nobleman know if his son was healed miraculously, or by natural circumstances? It was the exact hour, the exact moment, that when Jesus spoke the son was healed.
Everything we do can only be accomplished with time, to effect the conclusions. But with Jesus, He accomplishes in an instant, without the need of some time to enable it.

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