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John 4:4-42

4And He hadG1163 to passG1330 throughG1330G1223 1SamariaG4540. 5SoG3767 He cameG2064 to a cityG4172 of 2SamariaG4540 calledG3004 SycharG4965, nearG4139 3the parcelG5564 ofG5564 landG5564 that 4JacobG2384 gaveG1325 to his sonG5207 JosephG2501; 6and Jacob’sG2384 wellG4077 was thereG1563. SoG3767 JesusG2424, tiredG2872 from His journeyG3597, was justG3779 sittingG2516 by the wellG4077. It was aboutG5613 5the sixthG1623 hourG5610.

7A womanG1135 of SamariaG4540 cameG2064 to drawG501 waterG5204. JesusG2424 saidG3004 to her, “GiveG1325 Me a drinkG4095.” 8For His 6disciplesG3101 had goneG565 awayG565 to 7the cityG4172 to buyG59 foodG5160. 9SoG3767 the 8SamaritanG4542 womanG1135 saidG3004 to Him, “HowG4459 is it that You, though You are a JewG2453, are askingG154 me for a drinkG4095, though I amG1510 a SamaritanG4542 womanG1135?” (For 9JewsG2453 doG4798 not associateG4798 withG4798 SamaritansG4541.) 10JesusG2424 repliedG611G3004 to her, “IfG1487 you knewG3609 the giftG1431 of GodG2316, and whoG5101 it is who is sayingG3004 to you, ‘GiveG1325 Me a drinkG4095,’ you would have askedG154 Him, and He would have givenG1325 you 10livingG2198 waterG5204.” 11She saidG3004 to Him, “11SirG2962, You haveG2192 noG3777 bucketG502 and the wellG5421 is deepG901; whereG4159 thenG3767 do You getG2192 this 12livingG2198 water? 12You are not greaterG3173 than our fatherG3962 JacobG2384, are You, whoG3739 13gaveG1325 us the wellG5421 and drankG4095 of it himselfG846, and his sonsG5207 and his cattleG2353?” 13JesusG2424 answeredG611 and saidG3004 to her, “EveryoneG3956 who drinksG4095 of thisG3778 waterG5204 will beG1372 thirstyG1372 againG3825; 14but whoeverG3739G302 drinksG4095 of the waterG5204 that I will giveG1325 him 14shall neverG3756G3361 beG1372 thirstyG1372; but the waterG5204 that I will giveG1325 him will becomeG1096 in him a fountainG4077 of waterG5204 springingG242 upG242 to 15eternalG166 lifeG2222.”

15The womanG1135 saidG3004 to Him, “16SirG2962, 17giveG1325 me thisG3778 waterG5204 soG2443 thatG2443 I will not be thirstyG1372, norG3366 comeG1330 all the way hereG1759 to drawG501 water.” 16He saidG3004 to her, “GoG5217, callG5455 your husbandG435 and comeG2064 hereG1759.” 17The womanG1135 answeredG611 and saidG3004 to Him, “I haveG2192 noG3756 husbandG435.” JesusG2424 saidG3004 to her, “You have correctlyG2573 saidG3004, ‘I haveG2192 noG3756 husbandG435’; 18for you haveG2192 hadG2192 fiveG4002 husbandsG435, and the one whomG3739 you nowG3568 haveG2192 is not your husbandG435; thisG3778 which you have saidG3004 is trueG227.” 19The womanG1135 saidG3004 to Him, “18SirG2962, I perceiveG2334 that You are 19a prophetG4396. 2020Our fathersG3962 worshipedG4352 on 21thisG3778 mountainG3735, and yet you Jews sayG3004 that 22in JerusalemG2414 is the placeG5117 whereG3699 one mustG1163 worshipG4352.” 21JesusG2424 saidG3004 to her, “BelieveG4100 Me, womanG1135, that 2324a timeG5610 is comingG2064 whenG3753 you will worshipG4352 the FatherG3962 25neitherG3777 on thisG3778 mountainG3735 norG3777 in JerusalemG2414. 2226You Samaritans worshipG4352 whatG3739 you do not knowG3609; we worshipG4352 whatG3739 we do knowG3609, becauseG3754 27salvationG4991 is from the JewsG2453. 23But 2829a timeG5610 is comingG2064, and 30even nowG3568 has arrivedG1510, whenG3753 the trueG228 worshipersG4353 will worshipG4352 the FatherG3962 31in spiritG4151 and truthG225; for suchG5108 peopleG5108 the FatherG3962 seeksG2212 to be 32His worshipersG4352. 24GodG2316 is 33spiritG4151, and thoseG3588 who worshipG4352 Him mustG1163 worshipG4352 34in spiritG4151 and truthG225.” 25The womanG1135 saidG3004 to Him, “I knowG3609 that 35MessiahG3323 is comingG2064 (36He who is calledG3004 ChristG5547); whenG3752 thatG1565 OneG1565 comesG2064, He will declareG312 allG537 thingsG537 to us.” 26JesusG2424 saidG3004 to her, “37I am He, the One speakingG2980 to you.”

27And at thisG3778 pointG1909 His 38disciplesG3101 cameG2064, and they were amazedG2296 that He had been speakingG2980 with a womanG1135, yetG3305 noG3762 oneG3762 saidG3004, “WhatG5101 are You seekingG2212?” orG2228, “WhyG5101 are You speakingG2980 with her?” 28SoG3767 the womanG1135 leftG863 her waterpotG5201 and wentG565 into the cityG4172, and saidG3004 to the peopleG444, 29“ComeG1205, seeG3708 a ManG444 39whoG3739 toldG3004 me allG3956 the thingsG3956 that I have doneG4160; 40thisG3778 is not the 41ChristG5547, is He?” 30They leftG1831 the cityG4172 and were comingG2064 to Him.

31MeanwhileG1722G3342 the disciplesG3101 were urgingG2065 Him, sayingG3004, “42RabbiG4461, eatG2068 something.” 32But He saidG3004 to them, “I haveG2192 foodG1035 to eatG2068 that you do not knowG3609 aboutG3609.” 33SoG3767 the 43disciplesG3101 were sayingG3004 to oneG240 anotherG240, “NoG3361 oneG5100 broughtG5342 Him anything to eatG2068, did he?” 34JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “My foodG1033 is to 44doG4160 the willG2307 of Him who sentG3992 Me, and to 45accomplishG5048 His workG2041. 35Do you not sayG3004, ‘There are stillG2089 fourG5072 monthsG5072, and then comesG2064 the harvestG2326’? BeholdG2400, I tellG3004 you, raiseG1869 your eyesG3788 and observeG2300 the fieldsG5561, that they are whiteG3022 46for harvestG2326. 36AlreadyG2235 the one who reapsG2325 is receivingG2983 47wagesG3408 and is gatheringG4863 48fruitG2590 for 49eternalG166 lifeG2222, soG2443 thatG2443 the one who sowsG4687 and the one who reapsG2325 may rejoiceG5463 togetherG3674. 37For in thisG3778 case the sayingG3056 is trueG228: ‘50OneG243 sowsG4687 and anotherG243 reapsG2325.’ 38I sentG649 you to reapG2325 that for whichG3739 you have not laboredG2872; othersG243 have laboredG2872, and you have 51comeG1525 intoG1525 their laborG2873.”

39NowG1161 from 52that cityG4172 manyG4183 of the SamaritansG4541 believedG4100 in Him becauseG1223 of the wordG3056 of the womanG1135 who testifiedG3140, “53He toldG3004 me allG3956 the thingsG3956 that I have doneG4160.” 40SoG3767 whenG5613 the SamaritansG4541 cameG2064 to 54Jesus, they were askingG2065 Him to stayG3306 with them; and He stayedG3306 thereG1563 twoG1417 daysG2250. 41ManyG4183 moreG4183 believedG4100 becauseG1223 of His wordG3056; 42and they were sayingG3004 to the womanG1135, “It is noG3765 longerG3765 becauseG1223 of whatG2981 you saidG2981 that we believeG4100, for we have heardG191 for ourselvesG846 and knowG3609 that thisG3778 OneG3778 trulyG230 is 55the SaviorG4990 of the worldG2889.”

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Notes

  1. 1. John 4:4 Luke 9:52 ↩
  2. 2. John 4:5 Luke 9:52 ↩
  3. 3. John 4:5 Gen 33:19; Josh 24:32 ↩
  4. 4. John 4:5 Gen 48:22; John 4:12 ↩
  5. 5. John 4:6 I.e., noon ↩
  6. 6. John 4:8 John 2:2 ↩
  7. 7. John 4:8 John 4:5, 39 ↩
  8. 8. John 4:9 Luke 9:52 ↩
  9. 9. John 4:9 Ezra 4:3-6, 11ff; Matt 10:5; John 8:48; Acts 10:28 ↩
  10. 10. John 4:10 Jer 2:13; John 4:14; 7:37f; Rev 7:17; 21:6; 22:1, 17 ↩
  11. 11. John 4:11 Or Lord ↩
  12. 12. John 4:11 Jer 2:13; John 4:14; 7:37f; Rev 7:17; 21:6; 22:1, 17 ↩
  13. 13. John 4:12 John 4:6 ↩
  14. 14. John 4:14 John 6:35; 7:38 ↩
  15. 15. John 4:14 Matt 25:46; John 6:27 ↩
  16. 16. John 4:15 Or Lord ↩
  17. 17. John 4:15 John 6:35 ↩
  18. 18. John 4:19 Or Lord ↩
  19. 19. John 4:19 Matt 21:11; Luke 7:16, 39; 24:19; John 6:14; 7:40; 9:17 ↩
  20. 20. John 4:20 Gen 33:20; John 4:12 ↩
  21. 21. John 4:20 Deut 11:29; Josh 8:33 ↩
  22. 22. John 4:20 Luke 9:53 ↩
  23. 23. John 4:21 Lit an hour ↩
  24. 24. John 4:21 John 4:23; 5:25, 28; 16:2, 32 ↩
  25. 25. John 4:21 Mal 1:11; 1 Tim 2:8 ↩
  26. 26. John 4:22 2 Kin 17:28-41 ↩
  27. 27. John 4:22 Is 2:3; Rom 3:1f; 9:4f ↩
  28. 28. John 4:23 Lit an hour ↩
  29. 29. John 4:23 John 4:21; 5:25, 28; 16:2, 32 ↩
  30. 30. John 4:23 Lit now is, when ↩
  31. 31. John 4:23 Phil 3:3 ↩
  32. 32. John 4:23 Lit the ones worshiping Him ↩
  33. 33. John 4:24 Or Spirit ↩
  34. 34. John 4:24 Phil 3:3 ↩
  35. 35. John 4:25 Dan 9:25; John 1:41 ↩
  36. 36. John 4:25 Matt 1:16; 27:17, 22; Luke 2:11 ↩
  37. 37. John 4:26 John 8:24, 28, 58; 9:37; 13:19 ↩
  38. 38. John 4:27 John 4:8 ↩
  39. 39. John 4:29 John 4:17f ↩
  40. 40. John 4:29 Matt 12:23; John 7:26, 31 ↩
  41. 41. John 4:29 I.e., Messiah ↩
  42. 42. John 4:31 Matt 23:7; 26:25, 49; Mark 9:5; 11:21; 14:45; John 1:38, 49; 3:2, 26; 6:25; 9:2; 11:8 ↩
  43. 43. John 4:33 Luke 6:13-16; John 1:40-49; 2:2 ↩
  44. 44. John 4:34 John 5:30; 6:38 ↩
  45. 45. John 4:34 John 5:36; 17:4; 19:28, 30 ↩
  46. 46. John 4:35 Matt 9:37, 38; Luke 10:2 ↩
  47. 47. John 4:36 Prov 11:18; 1 Cor 9:17f ↩
  48. 48. John 4:36 Rom 1:13 ↩
  49. 49. John 4:36 Matt 19:29; John 3:36; 4:14; 5:24; Rom 2:7; 6:23 ↩
  50. 50. John 4:37 Job 31:8; Mic 6:15 ↩
  51. 51. John 4:38 I.e., enjoyed the fruit of their labor ↩
  52. 52. John 4:39 John 4:5, 30 ↩
  53. 53. John 4:39 John 4:29 ↩
  54. 54. John 4:40 Lit Him ↩
  55. 55. John 4:42 Matt 1:21; Luke 2:11; John 1:29; Acts 5:31; 13:23; 1 Tim 4:10; 1 John 4:14 ↩

Commentaries on John 4

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