<p>4:52 <i>So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They replied to him: Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him</i>- If &quot;the seventh hour&quot; means 1 p.m. assuming counting time from sunrise- although there are various possibilities; Roman time would have been 7 p.m., then the man would have walked or travelled home through the night, arriving the next day, so that the servants spoke of &quot;Yesterday&quot;. Travelling overnight was a risky undertaking as Galilee was full of road thieves. But he was so eager to see the result of faith. &quot;Began to get better&quot; is also an indication of incomplete faith; he imagined that the Lord's healing word would have only gradual effect, whereas the child had perhaps died and been resurrected at that time &quot;your son lives&quot;. In any case, the fever abruptly &quot;left him&quot; at a specific time and not as part of any gradual process of feeling better, as the nobleman with his limited faith had imagined.</p>