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Verse 26. _JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, I - AM_ HE.] Our Lord never spoke in
such _direct_ terms concerning himself to his own countrymen; nor even
to his own disciples, till a little before his death. The...
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I THAT SPEAK ONTO THEE AM - he I am the Messiah. This was the first
time that he openly professed it. He did not do it yet to the Jews,
for it would have excited envy and opposition. But nothing could...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. He Must Needs Pass Through Samaria. (John 4:1 .)_
2. At Sychar's Well; Jesus and the Samaritan Woman. (John 4:6 .)
3. The Woman's Witness and the Believing Samaritans. (John 4:27 .)...
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IV. 1- 42. CHRIST IN SAMARIA.
John 4:1. Christ and the Samaritan Woman. The Lord (for the title _cf.
John 6:23_, John 11:2; John 20:20;...
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THAT SPEAK UNTO THEE AM HE.
This is the first recorded confession of Jesus that he was the Christ.
His disciples learned to believe the truth, but until Peter's
confession the last year of his minist...
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BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
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"You do not know what you are worshipping. We do know what we worship,
because the world's salvation has its origin among the Jews. But the
hour is coming--the hour is now here--when the real worshipp...
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THAT SPEAK, &c.. I am [He) Who am speaking, &c. This is the seventh
and last of the Lord's seven utterances, and marks the climax. See
note on John 4:7, and App-176.
SPEAK. am talking....
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_am he_ This is correct, although -He" is not expressed in the Greek.
It is the ordinary Greek affirmative (comp. Luke 22:70); there is no
reference to the Divine name -I AM," Exodus 3:14; Deuteronomy...
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John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work
We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the
Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among
_Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
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Doubt has been thrown on this narrative in three different ways. (1)
On _a priori_grounds. How could the Samaritans, who rejected the
prophetical books, and were such bitter enemies of the Jews, be
ex...
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ἘΓΏ ΕἸΜΙ. It is the ordinary Greek affirmative (Luke 22:70).
There is no reference to the Divine name ‘I AM,’ Exodus 3:14;
Deuteronomy 32:39. This open declaration of His Messiahship is
startling when...
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5–42. Doubt has been thrown on this narrative in four different
ways. (1) On a _priori_ grounds. How could the Samaritans, who
rejected the prophetical books, and were such bitter enemies of the
Jews,...
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THE WORK AMONG SAMARITANS
The whole section is peculiar to S. John, and is evidently the
narrative of an eyewitness: of the Synoptists S. Luke alone, the
writer of ‘the Universal Gospel,’ mentions any...
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25. THE WOMAN SAID TO HIM, I KNOW THAT MESSIAS COMES, WHICH IS CALLED
CHRIST; WHEN HE IS COME, HE WILL TELL US ALL THINGS. 26. JESUS SAID TO
HER, I THAT SPEAK TO YOU AM HE.
CHRYS. The woman was struc...
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_THIS CAN BE THE CHRIST BECAUSE HE OFFERS LIVING WATER -- JOHN
4:1-26:_ At Jacob's well Jesus met a sinful, Samaritan woman. Some of
Jesus greatest teaching was done to just one student. He spoke to t...
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ΛΑΛΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980)
говорить. _Praes._ подчеркивает текущее
действие. Part, в простом приложении к
έγώ....
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I THAT SPEAK UNTO THEE AM HE.— That Christ was very cautious of
acknowledging himself to be the promised Messiah, in his conversation
with the _Jews,_ is very apparent. The reason for that caution has...
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TRUE WORSHIPPERS OF GOD
_Text 4:19-26_
19
The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem
is the place...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 4:20-30
In the last chapter we continued our exposition of John 4 down to the
end of verse 19. It is of surpassing interest to follow the course of
the Savior’s...
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Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, I THAT SPEAK UNTO THEE AM HE. Never did our
Lord utter Himself so nakedly to His own people the Jews. He had
magnified them...
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19 The ancient controversy between Jerusalem and Samaria was most
bitter in connection with the proper place of worship. Of course
Jerusalem was right and Samaria was wrong, for God had chosen the cit...
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THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
1-42. Christ in Samaria. The ministry in Samaria is recorded because
it is the author's design to exhibit Christ as the Saviour, not only
of Israel, but of the world (John 4:42)....
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The Samaritan idea of the Messiah was religious, not political, and
hence Jesus could here proclaim Himself as the Messiah without causing
a political ferment: contrast His action among the Jews (John...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 4
JESUS TALKS TO A WOMAN IN *SAMARIA 4:1-26
V1 The *Pharisees heard that Jesus was *baptising more people than
John the...
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I THAT SPEAK UNTO THEE. — The announcement is being made. The
solution of some of the problems which she connects with the Messianic
advent is contained in the very words she has heard.
AM HE — _i.e....
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CHAPTER 10
JESUS DECLARES HIMSELF.
“The woman answered and said unto Him, I have no husband. Jesus
saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: for thou hast had
five husbands; and he whom th...
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The woman's despairing bewilderment is at once dissipated by the
announcement ἐγώ εἰμι, ὁ λαλῶν σοι. “I that
speak to thee am He.” This declaration He was free to make among a
people with whom He coul...
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THE TRUE WORSHIP OF THE FATHER OF ALL
John 4:15-26
What a train of memories our Lord's words evoked! A spasm of remorse
seized the woman, as she remembered the grave within her heart where
her first...
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The words, "He must needs pass through Samaria" are arresting. The
final explanation must be found in His dealing with the woman of
Samaria. In itself, it is a radiant revelation of His method as He l...
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CHAPTER 10
JESUS PREACHES TO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
John 4:1-41. _“When our Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that
Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John (indeed, Jesus
himself did not...
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SECOND SECTION: 4:1-42. JESUS IN SAMARIA.
The first phase of the public ministry of Jesus is ended. Unbelief on
the part of the masses, faith on the part of a few, public attention
greatly aroused, su...
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ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
XX.
With reference to particular points in John 4:21-26 the following
suggestions may be offered:
1. In the words of John 4:21 we may see from the outset tha...
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VER. 26. “ _Jesus says to her: I who speak unto thee am he._ ”
Jesus, not having to fear, as we have just seen, that he would call
forth in this woman a whole world of dangerous illusions, like those...
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I. JESUS AND THE SAMARITAN WOMAN: JOHN 4:1-26.
In this first phase we see how Jesus succeeds in awaking faith in a
soul which was a stranger to all spiritual life. The historical
situation is describ...
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And he must needs go through Samaria. (5) Then cometh he to a city of
Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that
Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (6) Now Jacob's well was there. J...
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The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject
which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the
most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
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26._It is I who talk with thee. _When he acknowledges to the woman
that; he is the Messiah, he unquestionably presents himself as her
Teacher, in compliance with the expectation which she had formed;...
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And now Jesus, being driven away by the jealousy of the Jews, begins
His ministry outside that people, while still acknowledging their true
position in the dealings of God. He goes away into Galilee;...
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JESUS SAITH UNTO HER,.... Upon her making mention of the Messiah, of
his coming, and of his work, he took the opportunity of making himself
known unto her:
I THAT SPEAK UNTO THEE AM [HE]; the Messiah...
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Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am _he_.
Ver. 26. _I that speak unto thee, &c._] No sooner do we think of
Christ with any the least true desire after him, but he is presently
with us. He...
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_The woman saith, I know that Messias cometh_ She probably meant from
among the Jews. The Jews and Samaritans, though so much at variance in
other things, agreed in the expectation of the Messiah and...
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HE; the Messiah. This was the first time, so far as we are informed,
that Jesus explicitly declared himself to be the Christ. It was,
moreover, not in the presence of the Pharisees, who would have tak...
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JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, I THAT SPEAK UNTO THEE AM HE....
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Belief and missionary effort:...
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A SAMARITAN WOMAN GIVEN THE WATER OF LIFE
(vs.1-26)
The Lord now leaves Judea because He knew the Pharisees' thoughts as
to His baptizing more disciples than John. Not that the Lord Himself
did the...
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4-26 There was great hatred between the Samaritans and the Jews.
Christ's road from Judea to Galilee lay through Samaria. We should not
go into places of temptation but when we needs must; and then m...
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The same Messiah, of whom thou declarest thyself to have some
expectation, and from whom thou expectest to hear all things necessary
to salvation. Some here inquire, why our Saviour maketh to this wom...
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John 4:26 Jesus G2424 said G3004 (G5719) her G846 I G1473 speak G2980
(G5723) you G4671 am...
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John 4:26. JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, I THAT SPEAK UNTO THEE AM HE. She has
sought and found the truth. The hope rising in her heart receives full
confirmation; and a revelation not yet so clearly and expr...
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The general object aimed at in the relation of the story of Nicodemus
in chap. 3 is pursued in the account given us in this section of the
interview of Jesus, first with the Samaritan woman, and then...
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I THAT SPEAK UNTO THEE AM HE
(Εγω ειμ ο λαλων σο). "I am he, the one speaking to
thee." In plain language Jesus now declares that he is the Messiah as
he does to the blind man (John 9:37)....
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John 4:26
I. The woman at the well, feeling about for light, was led to her own
Scriptures, and in those Scriptures to a prophecy a prophecy of a
great Teacher who was to come the Messias. The coming...
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I have often read this chapter in your hearing, and you have often
read it yourselves; but the Word of God is not like the grapes of an
earthly vine, which when once trodden are exhausted. You may com...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea, and d...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), he left Judaea, and d...
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John 4:1. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea, and de...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), he left Judaea, and d...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea, and d...
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CONTENTS: Jesus and the Samaritan woman. The indwelling Spirit. The
nobleman's son healed.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Pharisees, Jacob,
Joseph, woman of Samaria, her husband, n...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the pharisees,_ chiefly
priests, and many of them principal members of the council, _had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John._ The p...
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I AM HE. This is the first recorded declaration of Jesus being the
Messiah. "I think there is something very beautiful and characteristic
of our Lord in his declaring himself to be the Messiah, to thi...
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_When therefore the Lord knew_
THE FIRST VISIT TO SAMARIA
I. THE STORY ITSELF.
1. The memorable halt (John 4:1).
2. The surprising request (John 4:7).
3. The opened vista (John 4:10).
4.
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_I know that Messias cometh … I… am He_
SECOND EVASION AND REPLY
The stricken deer tries once more to wrench the arrow from the wound;
the wanderer thus caught amid the entangling thorns makes yet o...
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_Our fathers worshipped in this mountain_
THE ADVENT OF CHRIST IN RELATION TO THE HEATHEN
This is the first mission to the heathen.
I. Our Lord’s MISSIONARY METHOD. He tries to excite in the woman a...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 4:25 I... AM HE. Jesus does not identify himself
directly among Jews as the MESSIAH (see note on 1:41) since most would
then think he had come to bring instant polit
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CHAPTER 4
_When therefore Jesus knew_, &c.... _than John_, that is, than John
_had_ made and baptized, says S. Augustine (lib. 2 _, de cons. Evang.,
c._ 18), for John was now in prison. For thes...
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_Jesus saith_, &c. "I am the Messias, or the Christ. Have faith in Me:
receive My doctrine and my law, that thou mayest be saved and
blessed." Christ both spoke this with the outward voice, but still...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 4:1. These verses form an historical introductory note prefixed
to and explaining our Lord’s ministry in Samaria. He left Judæa to
avoid conflict with the Pharis...
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EXPOSITION
JOHN 4:1
7. _The ministry and revelation of the Lord to those beyond the
strict compass of the theocracy. _This passage describes an incident
of consummate interest, and records a specime...
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Now when the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and
baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized
none, but his disciples,) (John 4:1)
Now this can mean one of t...
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John 9:37; Luke 13:30; Mark 14:61; Mark 14:62; Matthew 16:20;...
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I - am He [ε ι μ ι]. Literally, I am. The less political
conception of the Samaritan Messiah made it possible for Jesus to
announce Himself to the woman without fear of being misunderstood as
He was b...
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THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
John 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we enter this remarkable story, we wish to suggest three distinct
things concerning our Lord.
1. THE LORD WEARY AND WORN. We read that "being we...
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Jesus saith — Hasting to satisfy her desire before his disciples
came. l am He — Our Lord did not speak this so plainly to the Jews
who were so full of the Messiah's temporal kingdom. If he had, many...
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Why did Jesus confess He was the Messiah here, but avoid doing it
elsewhere?
PROBLEM: In the synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) Jesus
seemed to go out of His way to avoid claiming He was the J...