John 4:1-54 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:10

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou hadst known the gift of God (but thou dost not;—this conclusion is involved in the form of the conditional sentence), and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink. Many suggestions are offered as to the meaning here of the "gift of God." Elsewhere ( John 3:16 ) Christ is himself God's Gift, and St. Paul speaks of Christ as God's unspeakable Gift (Hengstenberg). Paul also declares that "the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:10

"If thou knewest!" How easily and how skilfully in these words did Jesus turn the conversation with the Samaritan woman from the water of the well to those blessings which that water symbolized! What more fitted to provoke curiosity and further inquiry? What more fitted to suggest refection upon spiritual wants, and spiritual satisfaction, than thin reply of our Lord to the woman's strange and almost unfriendly remark upon his application? As a matter of fact, the language of Jesus did... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:10-15

(b) The living water offered and misunderstood. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:11

The answer of the woman shows that, though startled as Jesus meant her to be by his self-assertion, she had not moved out of the limited region of her own thoughts—her physical thirst, her daily needs, and common appliances for meeting them. There is a touch of humour for this light-hearted creature in the contrast between the large offer and the apparent helplessness of the Offerer. God's folly is compared with man's wisdom; God's weakness is set over against man's strength. Sir (my... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:11

"From whence?" A remark or inquiry sometimes suggests more than was intended by the speaker. Words often unconsciously imply far more than appears upon the surface. We have an instance of this in the question put to the Lord Jesus by the Samaritan woman. She only half understood what the Divine Prophet meant when he spoke of living water. And the inquiry, " From whence then hast thou that living water?" is suggestive of considerations most interesting and most serious. I. IT IS A... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:12

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle? We observe here the Samaritaness's claim to be a descendant of Ephraim, of Joseph, of Jacob himself who dug the well. By rising up behind the family of Ephraim to the father of Judah as well as of Joseph, the woman claims a kind of kinship with Jesus. The "our" in this case is not a monopoly of the honours of Jacob for herself and her people. Her national pride is softening... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:13

Jesus answered and said to her— leaving the question of his superiority to "our father Jacob" to be settled when she should understand him better— Every one who drinketh ( is in the habit of drinking ) from this water, or any similar fountain, will thirst again. Earthly desires obtain temporary satisfaction, and then resume their sway. Our whole life is made up of intermittent desires and partial satisfaction, of passion and satiation, of ennui and then of some new longing. This... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:14

But whosoever shall have drunk of the water which I will give him (of which I am speaking) shall not (by any means, οὐ μὴ ) thirst again forever. How different from the words of the son of Sirach (Ecclus. 24:21), "They who drink of me," says Wisdom, "shall thirst again"! They will experience neither continuity nor completeness of enjoyment, but periods of incessant and recurrent desire. Jesus speaks of a Divine and complete satisfaction. The spiritual thirst once slaked, the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:15

The woman has not yet emerged out of the region of her physical desires and her daily requirements, and needs a deeper apprehension of her real necessities. By reason of the subsequent narrative she ought not to be credited now with impertinence or irony (Lightfoot, Tholuck). She could not understand the miraculous water of which the Stranger spake, but had some dim notion that he might be able to deliver her from her toilsome and exhausting life. She replies to him, Sir, give me this water,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:15

The Suppliant supplicated. Our Lord Jesus was so truly Divine that he had only to be in the society of human beings who had any spiritual susceptibility and power of appreciation, in order to awaken their reverence and to call forth their confidence. Such proved to be the case in this memorable incident. I. A CHANGE OF SPIRITUAL ATTITUDE IS HERE EXHIBITED . At first Jesus had asked water from the Samaritan woman, who seemed almost reluctant to grant so small a favour, and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:10

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:10

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:10-15

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:11

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:11

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:12

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:13

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:14

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:15

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:15

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