Healing the royal official's son
Jesus heals a distant boy by his word alone.
Healing the royal official's son is a miracle of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of John. It takes place at Cana, while the official's son lies ill in Capernaum. The episode is notable for Jesus healing at a distance and for the official's belief in Jesus' word.
Quick Facts
- Location of miracle
- Cana
- Location of son
- Capernaum
- Time of healing
- one in the afternoon
- Person healed
- royal official's son
- Illness
- fever
Facts from the source article.
Commentary
The official may have served Herod Antipas or the emperor, and his ethnicity is uncertain. This healing follows Jesus' conversation with the Samaritan woman about eternal life and precedes his statement on giving life to whomever he wishes. A similar episode appears in Matthew and Luke, where a centurion's servant is healed. Some scholars treat these as the same miracle, others as separate events, and some view John's account as an adaptation of the Synoptic story.
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