Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
John 4:30
Sitting still at the well, they (many of them at least) did not contemn the news as the relation of a woman, but went (possibly but out of curiosity) to see and to hear this man.
Sitting still at the well, they (many of them at least) did not contemn the news as the relation of a woman, but went (possibly but out of curiosity) to see and to hear this man.
Verse 30. _THEY WENT OUT OF THE CITY_] Such effect had the simple testimony of the woman on their minds. _AND CAME UNTO HIM._] Or, _Were coming to him_; for they did not reach him immediately; all t...
THEY WENT OUT OF THE CITY - The men of the city left it and went to Jesus, to hear and examine for themselves....
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 .)...
THE RETURN OF THE DISCIPLES. The disciples return with the food they have bought. They are surprised that Jesus is talking with a woman (_cf. Pirke Aboth,_ i. 5, Prolong not discourse with a woman). T...
AND THEN WENT THEY OUT OF THE CITY. Her success was immediate. Their curiosity was aroused and they were eager to hear. It is evident, by the effect of her words, that they were not. skeptical people...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
Upon this his disciples came up; and they were in a state of amazement that he was talking to a woman; but no one said: "What are you looking for?" or, "Why are you talking to her?" So the woman left...
THEN. All the texts omit. OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. CAME. were coming....
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...
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...
_went out … and came_ Literally, _went out … and_ WERE COMING. The change of tense from aorist to imperfect gives vividness. We are to see them coming along across the fields as we listen to the conve...
ἘΞΗ͂ΛΘΟΝ … ἬΡΧΟΝΤΟ. _Went out_ … WERE COMING (comp. John 4:27): the single act (aorist) is contrasted with what took some time (imperf.). see on John 11:29. We are to see them coming across the fields...
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,...
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...
VER 27. AND UPON THIS CAME HIS DISCIPLES, AND MARVELED THAT HE TALKED WITH THE WOMAN: YET NO MAN SAID, WHAT SEEK YOU? OR, WHY TALK YOU WITH HER? 28. THE WOMAN THEN LEFT HER WATERPOT, AND WENT HER WAY...
_THIS CAN BE THE CHRIST BECAUSE HE KNOWS ALL THINGS -- JOHN 4:27-38:_ Jesus knew all about this woman. He said to her, "Go, call thy husband, and come hither." (John 4:16) Her response was, "I have no...
ΈΞΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831) выходить. Обобщ. _aor._ рассматривает все действие целиком, ΉΡΧΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) идти. _Impf._ изображает длинную процесси...
SPONTANEOUS EVANGELISM _Text 4:27-30_ 27 And upon this came his disciples; and they marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her?...
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...
Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. THEN THEY WENT OUT OF THE CITY AND CAME UNTO HIM How different in this from the Jews! and richly was THEN THEY WENT OUT OF THE CITY, AND CAME UNT...
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...
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)....
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...
CAME UNTO HIM. — Literally, _were coming unto Him._ They were still on the way when the conversation in John 4:31 took place. The general expectation of the Messiah, and the receptive spirit of the Sa...
ἐξῆλθον οὖν … πρὸς αὐτόν. The men, moved by the woman's question, left the city and were coming to Jesus....
THE REWARDS OF SERVICE John 4:27-38 As soon as Jesus opens the living spring within our hearts, we abandon our water pots. When we are saved, we must hasten with the tidings to those with whom we ha...
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...
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...
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...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. XXI. The following points in John 4:27-38 may be noticed: 1. The impression produced upon the mind of the woman was that which came from the wonderful knowle...
VER. 30. “ _They went out of the city, and were coming towards him._ ” The Samaritans, gathered by her, arrive in large numbers. The imperfect, _they were coming_, contrasted with the aorist, _they we...
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...
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...
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;...
THEN THEY WENT OUT OF THE CITY,.... "The men", as the Syriac version expresses it; the inhabitants of Sychar left their business, and came out of the city: AND CAME UNTO HIM; to Christ, to see him, a...
Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. Ver. 30. _Then they went out_] More to see the news than else; as Moses' curiosity led him nearer the bush, wherehence he was called. It is good to...
_The woman then_ Seeing other company coming up to interrupt the discourse, immediately _left her water-pot_ Or pail, behind her, forgetting smaller things, while her thoughts were engrossed with matt...
THEN THEY WENT OUT OF THE CITY AND CAME UNTO HIM. The woman had listened to Jesus with increasing understanding, not unmixed, however, with some measure of bewilderment over the depth of wisdom which...
Belief and missionary effort:...
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...
27-42 The disciples wondered that Christ talked thus with a Samaritan. Yet they knew it was for some good reason, and for some good end. Thus when particular difficulties occur in the word and provid...
John 4:30 Then G3767 went G1831 (G5627) of G1537 city G4172 and G2532 came G2064 (G5711) to...
‘They went out of the town and were coming to him.' Her hearers were so intrigued that they left the town and returned with her. ‘They were coming to Him.' Again we have a Johannine double meaning. T...
THE SAMARITAN WOMAN (JOHN 4:4). In this story of the Samaritan woman in John 4:4 Jesus depicts Himself as the Gift of God Who can give men living water (John 4:10), and can thus give men a spring of w...
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...
John 4:30. THEY WENT OUT OF THE CITY, AND WERE ON THEIR WAY UNTO HIM. This verse is here introduced partly to show the immediate success of the woman's message (no slight evidence of the preparedness...
THEY WENT OUT (εξηλθον). Second aorist (effective) indicative of εξερχομα, at once and in a rush.AND WERE COMING TO HIM (κα ηρχοντο προς αυτον). Imperfect middle, graphically picturing the long p...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
COULD HE BE THE MESSIAH? This woman skillfully excites their interest! Her question is worded to show she thinks he is the Messiah....
_Come see a Man which told me all things whatever I did: __IS NOT THIS THE CHRIST?_ Christ and modern scepticism This judgment on the claims of Christ is the verdict of common sense in contrast to th...
_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.
_And upon this_ SOWING AND REAPING I. WITH A SOLITARY PUPIL. 1. Face-to-face work (John 4:27, John 1:42, John 21:16; Acts 3:4;...
_The woman left her waterpot, and went her way into the city_ A WOMAN’S ZEAL I. THE ENGROSSING NATURE OF CONVERSION. 1. To meet Christ causes ordinary events to shrink into insignificance. Paul for...
1-54 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...
_They went out_, &c. And from what they saw of the wisdom and holiness of His words and manners, they believed in Him as the Messiah, as is plain from verse 42. "The hardness of the Jews," says Cyril,...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 4:27. MARVELLED.—The disciples evidently thought that Jesus would conduct Himself outwardly as did the Jewish rabbis. Those teachers said: “Do not prolong conver...
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...
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...
Acts 10:33; Acts 13:42; Acts 28:28; Acts 8:5; Isaiah 60:8;...
Then. Omit. Went out - came unto Him [ε ξ η λ θ ο ν - η ρ χ ο ν τ ο π ρ ο ς α υ τ ο ν]. Went out is the aorist tense, denoting the coming forth from the city as a single act at a point of time. Came i...
MISSIONS IN THE GOSPELS John 4:28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fourth chapter of John contains one of the most marvelous stories of the Word of God. It is beyond doubt a revelation of the heart of God to...
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...