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- John 4 underscores the transformative power of personal encounters with Jesus. Whether it's a marginalized Samaritan woman finding true worship and becoming a local evangelist or a desperate father experiencing a miracle that leads his household to faith, encounters with Jesus are life-changing.
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Oct 5, 2008 · Which is why everything we have said so far is not John’s main point when he writes in verse 4: “In him was life.” The life John has in view mainly is new life, spiritual life, saving life, the gift of eternal life, the opposite of spiritual death now and final condemnation later.
The official and his whole household believe in Jesus. In John 4, Jesus transcends cultural barriers by engaging a Samaritan woman in a life-changing conversation about true worship and the living water. The woman's encounter leads many in her town to believe in Jesus as the Savior of the world.
- 1 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John-- 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples.
- 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well.
- 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, 'Will you give me a drink?' 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
- 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, 'You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?' (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
John Chapter 4 - In-depth, verse-by-verse Bible study and commentary of John chapter 4 in plain English. 1 Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was ...
- (1-4) Jesus Travels from Judea to Galilee, Passing Though Samaria.
- (5-9) Jesus Comes to A Well in Sychar of Samaria.
- (7-9) Jesus Speaks with A Samaritan Woman.
- (10-12) Jesus Interests The Woman in Living Water.
- (13-15) Jesus Describes The Effect of The Living Water He Offers.
- (16-19) Jesus Speaks of Her Sinful Life.
- (20-26) The Samaritan Woman and Jesus Discuss Worship.
- (27-30) The Woman Tells Her Neighbors.
- (31-34) Jesus Teaches His Disciples The Source of His Strength and Satisfaction.
- (39-42) Many Samaritans Believe on The Savior of The World.
Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. But He needed to go through Samaria. a. When the Lord knew… He left Judea: Jesus knew that because of His rising prominence and popul...
So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. a. Now Jacob’s well was there: The city of Sychar was ancient Shechem, and was the capital city of the Sama...
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. a. A woman of Samaria came to draw water: This woman came...
Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gav...
Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come her...
Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.” a. Go,...
“Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the...
And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You talking with her?” The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, “Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” Then they went out of the...
In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.” a. I have food to eat of which you do no...
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.” So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. And many more believed because of His own word. Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of...
4. (John 4:10-12) Jesus interests the woman in living water. Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
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Pulpit Commentary. John 4:1. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, Verses 1-42. - 7. The ministry and revelation of the Lord to those beyond the strict compass of the theocracy.
