Jesus Heals a Nobleman’s Son
When Jesus Christ came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him with faith having seen the miracles that He had done in Jerusalem at Passover. Jesus Christ came again into Cana in Galilee, where He had changed the water into wine. There came to Him a nobleman from Capernaum, who served at the royal palace, and begged the Saviour to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
Jesus Christ said to him, “Go, your son will live.” The nobleman believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went home to Capernaum. As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was alive.
So he asked them the hour when he began to revive. The servants said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.”
The father knew that it happened when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” The nobleman and all his household believed in Jesus Christ.
From Cana, Jesus Christ went around the cities and towns of Galilee in order to preach His teaching everywhere. Preaching, He healed sickness and every kind of infirmity among the people. Word of Him spread throughout the land, and from everywhere the sick, the possessed, lunatics, and paralytics came to Him, and He healed them. He refused help to no one, and all found consolation in Him.
By the example of His life, the Saviour taught that everyone, who wishes to be in the Kingdom of God, must be kind and must do good to all and help everyone as far as each one’s strength allows.
Note: See the Gospel of John 4:43-54.
by Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy)