John 4:46

Healing the Royal Official’s Son

4:46 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 21:2

21:2 Simon Peter, Thomas ⁶  (called Didymus), ⁷  Nathanael ⁸  (who was from Cana ⁹  in Galilee), the sons ¹⁰  of Zebedee, ¹¹  and two other disciples ¹²  of his were together.

Joshua 19:28

19:28 and on to Ebron, ¹³  Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. ¹⁴ 

[4:46]  ¹ map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.

[4:46]  ² sn See John 2:1-11.

[4:46]  ³ tn Grk “And in.”

[4:46]  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.

[4:46]  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.

[21:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “and Thomas.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

[21:2]  ⁷ sn Didymus means “the twin” in Greek.

[21:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “and Nathanael.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

[21:2]  ⁹ map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.

[21:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and the sons.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

[21:2]  ¹¹ sn The sons of Zebedee were James and John.

[21:2]  ¹² sn The two other disciples who are not named may have been Andrew and Philip, who are mentioned together in John 6:7-8 and 12:22.

[19:28]  ¹³ tc Some Hebrew mss read “Abdon.”

[19:28]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.