The Healing of the Royal Official's Son

The second miracle in the Bible, as described in the Gospel of John 4:46–54,

is the healing of the royal official’s son. After performing His first miracle

at Cana of Galilee—turning water into wine at a wedding feast—Jesus returned to the same region.

His reputation as a teacher and miracle worker had already begun to spread throughout Galilee

and Judea. In Capernaum, about twenty miles away, there was a royal

official (likely a nobleman or officer serving under King Herod Antipas) whose son was gravely

ill and near death. Hearing that Jesus had come back to Cana, the man traveled

a long distance to find Him, driven by love for his child and desperate faith that Jesus