Discovery BoxJohn 4:46 
Context4:46 Now he came again to Cana 1 in Galilee where he had made the water wine. 2 In 3 Capernaum 4 there was a certain royal official 5 whose son was sick.
John 4:49
Context4:49 “Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my child dies.”
1 map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.
2 sn See John 2:1-11.
3 tn Grk “And in.”
4 sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.
map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.
5 tn Although βασιλικός (basiliko") has often been translated “nobleman” it is almost certainly refers here to a servant of Herod, tetrarch of Galilee (who in the NT is called a king, Matt 14:9, Mark 6:14-29). Capernaum was a border town, so doubtless there were many administrative officials in residence there.
