The Miracles of Christ Expositions Author:Robert Maguire General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1863 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: THE NOBLEMAN'S SON AND THE CENTURION'S SERVANT, " There was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum .... This is again the second Miracle that Jesus did, when He was come out of Judea intoGalilee."John iv., 46 -- 54. "And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto Him a Centurion, beseeching Him .... And Jesus said unto the Centurion, Oki thy way ; and, as tliou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour." -- Matt, viii., 6 -- 13. Two distinct Miracles of our Blessed Lord are now to command our attention: that wrought upon the Nobleman's son, and that other and similar one, on the Centurion's servant.' For the former we are indebted to St. John's Gospel alone. The latter is recorded both by St. Matthew and St. Luke. We commence with the Nobleman's Son. St. John, though writing last of all, yet seems to lay greater stress upon the earlier scenes of Christ's ministry; and rests some degree of emphasis, not only on the Miracles themselves, but also on the dates and circumstances of their occurrence. The journeys of the Saviour at the outset of His ministry are carefully recorded by the beloved disciple. Leaving Cana of Galilee, He next proceeds to Capernaum (John ii., 12); and thence to Jerusalem to the Passover (ii., 13) ; during which visit He cleansed the Temple of its traffic and worldly merchandise, and held that remarkable conversation with Nicodemus (iii., 1,« less