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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:21

Jesus avoided the temptation to abandon discussion of living water. He told the woman that the real issue was not where God’s people had worshipped Him in the past but how they would worship Him in the future. This was the more important issue since Messiah had come and would terminate worship as both the Jews and the Samaritans knew it. Jesus urged her to believe Him because she had already acknowledged him as a prophet. This command was an added guarantee that what He said was true. The hour... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:22

By "you" Jesus meant the Samaritans (plural "you" in Gr.). They worshipped a God whom they did not really know. The reason for this was their rejection of most of His revelation in the Old Testament. Moreover the Samaritans had added pagan concepts to their faith that had come from their Gentile forefathers. If the woman truly believed that Jesus was a prophet, as she claimed, she would have had to accept His statement. There was more and truer information about God that she and her fellow... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:23

The hour coming was the hour of Jesus’ passion when the old way of worship would end. That hour was already present in the sense that since Messiah had come His followers could begin to worship according to the new way. This figure of speech (oxymoron) means that what will characterize the future is even now present. An oxymoron involves the joining of contradictory or incongruous terms to make a point. The time of unique privilege for the Jews was ending temporarily. It hinged on their... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:24

The AV has Jesus saying, "God is a spirit." One could infer that He is one spirit among many. The NASB and NIV have, "God is spirit." The Greek text has no indefinite article ("a"), but it is legitimate to supply one, as is often true in similar anarthrous (without the article) constructions. However the absence of the article often deliberately stresses the character to the noun (cf. 1 John 1:5; 1 John 4:8). That seems to have been Jesus’ intention here.The sense of the passage is that God is... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:25

Jesus’ explanation would have made sense to this woman who lived life on a very physical level. Nevertheless she did not pretend to comprehend all this spiritual talk. One thing she understood clearly, and she believed Jesus would agree with her about this. Messiah was coming, and when He arrived He would reveal divine mysteries and clarify all these matters. The Samaritans anticipated Messiah’s arrival, as the Jews did, but they viewed Him primarily as a teacher (Deuteronomy 18:15-19). [Note:... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:26

Jesus then identified Himself to the woman as the Messiah whom she hoped for. Jesus did not reveal Himself to the Jews as the Messiah because of their identification of Messiah with a military deliverer almost exclusively. If He had done so, He may well have ignited a revolution. However, He did not hesitate to identify Himself as Messiah to this woman because as a Samaritan she did not hold the common Jewish view of Messiah. The writer used Jesus’ own clear testimony here as another witness to... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:27

When Jesus’ disciples returned from their shopping trip (John 4:8), they were amazed to see Jesus talking with a woman. Their reaction reflects the typical Jewish prejudices against Samaritans and women. It was uncommon for rabbis to speak with women. [Note: For one of their sayings prohibiting conversation with females, see Morris, p. 242.] However they refrained from questioning her and Him, probably to avoid becoming involved in this unusual conversation. read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:27-38

2. Jesus’ explanation of evangelistic ministry 4:27-38Jesus had modeled evangelistic effectiveness for His disciples, though ironically they were absent for most of the lesson. Now he explained the rewards, urgency, and partnership of evangelism. read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:28

The fact that the woman left her water pot at the well suggests that she felt such excitement at having apparently discovered the Messiah that all but telling others left her mind. The Apostle John may have included this detail because her act had symbolic significance. Some commentators suggested that in her excitement she abandoned the old water pot (ceremonial structure) that was no longer necessary (cf. John 4:23). I doubt this interpretation and tend to view this detail as simply evidence... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:29

Her hyperbole is understandable, and her example as a witness was a good one for John’s readers. What made her think that Jesus could be the Messiah was not only His claim but His ability to know her past, His words and His works. She wisely framed her thinking about Jesus in the form of a question to elicit investigation rather than as a dogmatic assertion that others would probably have rejected out of hand (cf. John 4:12). read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:25

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:26

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:27-38

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:28

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 4:29

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