43 After the two days He went forth from there into Galilee. 44 For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.
Healing a Nobleman’s Son
46 Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and was imploring Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see [a]signs and wonders, you simply will not believe.” 49 The royal official *said to Him, “[b]Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus *said to him, “Go; your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started off. 51 As he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his [c]son was living. 52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the [d]seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives”; and he himself believed and his whole household. 54 This is again a second [e]sign that Jesus performed when He had come out of Judea into Galilee.
John 4:43-54
“Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe.” I could feel frustration here, so many must see to believe. In John 20:29, Jesus says “…Blessed are are they who did not see, and yet believed.” The official asks Jesus to come with him, instead Jesus commands “Go; your son lives.”
The man saw nothing, but believed in the words of Jesus and went home. His slaves met him on the way and confirmed that his son had been healed. I see the officers next inquiry as more of curiosity than a lack of faith, as his faith in Christ is what healed his child. The boy was immediately healed at the same time the officer spoke with Jesus.
The first sign in Cana of Galilee was when Jesus turned water into wine at the wedding feast… The second was healing this boy, sight unseen. The father’s faith brought him to belief, and the rest of his household followed.
