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time it would take to travel would put his son in greater jeopardy because he was already at the
point of death. Jesus refused to travel with the father, not out of disrespect, but because He
understood the greater need, the dying son needed healing in that moment. The journey to
Capernaum would have delayed the healing that was needed immediately. The Messiah spoke
to the core need instead of the conditions presented to him by the father. God does not
respond to the required terms and standards of man. God directs His full attention to what
men need even when they are unaware of it.
The nobleman and his entire come to faith in the Messiah because of the miracle that restored
his son’s life. This example is similar to the reception by the Samaritans, that demonstrates
how many outside the native family and culture of Jesus accepted Him as son of God when He
is rejected by his own.
(John 4:54) – This was the second miracle in Galilee, complimenting the same province where
the miracles first began.

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