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John 4:7-30

7A womanG1135 of SamariaG4540 cameG2064 to drawG501 waterG5204. JesusG2424 saidG3004 to her, “GiveG1325 Me a drinkG4095.” 8For His 1disciplesG3101 had goneG565 awayG565 to 2the cityG4172 to buyG59 foodG5160. 9SoG3767 the 3SamaritanG4542 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 4JewsG2453 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 5livingG2198 waterG5204.” 11She saidG3004 to Him, “6SirG2962, You haveG2192 noG3777 bucketG502 and the wellG5421 is deepG901; whereG4159 thenG3767 do You getG2192 this 7livingG2198 water? 12You are not greaterG3173 than our fatherG3962 JacobG2384, are You, whoG3739 8gaveG1325 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 9shall neverG3756G3361 beG1372 thirstyG1372; but the waterG5204 that I will giveG1325 him will becomeG1096 in him a fountainG4077 of waterG5204 springingG242 upG242 to 10eternalG166 lifeG2222.”

15The womanG1135 saidG3004 to Him, “11SirG2962, 12giveG1325 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, “13SirG2962, I perceiveG2334 that You are 14a prophetG4396. 2015Our fathersG3962 worshipedG4352 on 16thisG3778 mountainG3735, and yet you Jews sayG3004 that 17in JerusalemG2414 is the placeG5117 whereG3699 one mustG1163 worshipG4352.” 21JesusG2424 saidG3004 to her, “BelieveG4100 Me, womanG1135, that 1819a timeG5610 is comingG2064 whenG3753 you will worshipG4352 the FatherG3962 20neitherG3777 on thisG3778 mountainG3735 norG3777 in JerusalemG2414. 2221You Samaritans worshipG4352 whatG3739 you do not knowG3609; we worshipG4352 whatG3739 we do knowG3609, becauseG3754 22salvationG4991 is from the JewsG2453. 23But 2324a timeG5610 is comingG2064, and 25even nowG3568 has arrivedG1510, whenG3753 the trueG228 worshipersG4353 will worshipG4352 the FatherG3962 26in spiritG4151 and truthG225; for suchG5108 peopleG5108 the FatherG3962 seeksG2212 to be 27His worshipersG4352. 24GodG2316 is 28spiritG4151, and thoseG3588 who worshipG4352 Him mustG1163 worshipG4352 29in spiritG4151 and truthG225.” 25The womanG1135 saidG3004 to Him, “I knowG3609 that 30MessiahG3323 is comingG2064 (31He who is calledG3004 ChristG5547); whenG3752 thatG1565 OneG1565 comesG2064, He will declareG312 allG537 thingsG537 to us.” 26JesusG2424 saidG3004 to her, “32I am He, the One speakingG2980 to you.”

27And at thisG3778 pointG1909 His 33disciplesG3101 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 34whoG3739 toldG3004 me allG3956 the thingsG3956 that I have doneG4160; 35thisG3778 is not the 36ChristG5547, is He?” 30They leftG1831 the cityG4172 and were comingG2064 to Him.

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Notes

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

Commentaries on John 4

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