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Matthew Poole and continuators on John 4:46

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John4:46

46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine . And there was a certain Nobleman, whose Son was sick at Capernaum .

Our Saviour, coming into Galilee, made choice of Cana, the place where being at a Marriage-feast, he turned Water into Wine Ch. 2, first to fix in; the reason is not expressed, and therefore vainly guessed at by Interpreters, there he worketh a Second Miracle, not upon the Person of any one of Cana, but upon the Son of one who was at Capernaum, which was a City in the Tribe of Naphtali upon the Shoar of the Famous River Iordan

This Person is described to be one that was [non-Latin text not transcribed], a Nobleman, whether of the Blood of Herod, that was Tetrarch of Galilee, or some Courtier, or Principal Servant of his, it is not said.

Marginal references: Ch[illegible: 1 letter]p. 2.1, 11.; Or Courtier, or Ruler, 'tis [non-Latin text not transcribed].

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