The Nobleman’s Son
The key to understanding the significance of Jesus’ second sign miracle (John 4:46–54) is geography. The nobleman and his dying son lived in Capernaum, the main city of the Galilee region (Luke 4:31). But Jesus was twenty miles away at Cana (where, significantly, His first sign miracle had taken place, John 2:1–12). That means that the nobleman walked a forty-mile round trip—a two-day trek by foot—to implore Jesus to heal his son. But Jesus merely spoke a word (4:50), producing results twenty miles away, in a world that knew nothing of phones, faxes, or modems. No wonder the incident produced faith (4:53). Jesus was the master of distance.
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