When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
Ver. 47. Besought him that he would, &c.] Even Darius, king of Persia, can give order for prayers to be made at Jerusalem for the "king's life and his sons," Ezra 6:10, when he had seen various of his children die before him, as Ctesias relateth.