Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 4:15
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.That I thirst not — She takes him still in a gross sense. read more
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.That I thirst not — She takes him still in a gross sense. read more
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.Jesus saith to her — He now clears the way that he might give her a better kind of water than she asked for.Go, call thy husband — He strikes directly at her bosom sin. read more
The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:Thou hast well said — We may observe in all our Lord's discourses the utmost weightiness, and yet the utmost courtesy. read more
For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.Thou hast had five husbands — Whether they were all dead or not, her own conscience now awakened would tell her. read more
The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.Sir, I perceive — So soon was her heart touched. read more
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.The instant she perceived this, she proposes what she thought the most important of all questions.This mountain — Pointing to Mount Gerizim. Sanballat, by the permission of Alexander the Great, had built a temple upon Mount Gerizim, for Manasseh, who for marrying Sanballat's daughter had been expelled from the priesthood and from Jerusalem, Nehemiah 13:28. This was the place where the... read more
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.Believe me — Our Lord uses this expression in this manner but once; and that to a Samaritan. To his own people, the Jews, his usual language is, I say unto you.The hour cometh when ye — Both Samaritans and Jews, shall worship neither in this mountain, nor at Jerusalem - As preferable to any other place. True worship shall be no longer confined to any one... read more
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.Ye worship ye know not what — Ye Samaritans are ignorant, not only of the place, but of the very object of worship. Indeed, they feared the Lord after a fashion; but at the same time served their own gods, 2 Kings 17:33.Salvation is from the Jews — So spake all the prophets, that the Saviour should arise out of the Jewish nation: and that from thence the knowledge of him should spread to all nations under heaven. read more
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.The true worshippers shall worship the Father — Not here or there only, but at all times and in all places. read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.Will never thirst — Will never (provided he continue to drink thereof) be miserable, dissatisfied, without refreshment. If ever that thirst returns, it will be the fault of the man, not the water.But the water that I shall give him — The spirit of faith working by love, shall become in him - An inward living... read more