he must needs go through Samaria There was no other way, unless he crossed the Jordan and went round by Perea, as Jews sometimes did to avoid annoyance from the Samaritans (on the Samaritans, see note on Matthew 10:5). As Christ was on his way fromJerusalem, and escaping from the ruling party there, He had less reason to fear molestation. Comp. Luke 9:53.
Verse John 4:4. _AND HE MUST NEEDS GO THROUGH SAMARIA._] Or, _It was_ _necessary for him to pass through Samaria_: for this plain reason, and no other, because it was the only proper road. Samaria la...
AND HE MUST NEEDS GO THROUGH SAMARIA - Samaria was between Judea and Galilee. The direct and usual way was to pass through Samaria. Sometimes, however, the Jews took a circuitous route on the east sid...
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 .)...
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;...
HE MUST NEEDS GO THROUGH SAMARIA. Samaria was between Judea and Galilee, and hence the route led through it. It seems probable from John 4:35, that it was in the latter part of the fall that he depar...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although it was not Jesus himself who was in the habit of baptizing but his disciple...
HE MUST NEEDS. it was necessary [for] Him. See Josephus, _Life,_ 52. _Antiquities xx. vi. 1._. necessity not only geographical, but including the Divine counsels. GO. pass. Greek. _dierchomai._ Compa...
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...
ἜΔΕΙ. There was no other way, unless He crossed the Jordan, and went round by Perea, as Jews sometimes did to avoid annoyance from the Samaritans (see on Matthew 10:5). As Jesus was on His way _from_...
Ver 1. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 2. (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3. He left Judea, and...
_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...
ΕΔΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΔΕΙ (G1163) необходимо, надлежит, с _inf._ Эта необходимость не обусловлена географическими условиями, согласно Jos., Ant., 20:118; JW, 2:232; Life, 269, где говорится о путн...
AND HE MUST NEEDS GO THROUGH SAMARIA.— In his way to Galilee, Jesus was obliged to pass through Samaria, where one evening, _being wearied with his journey,_ he sat down by Jacob's well, not far from...
WITHDRAWL FROM JUDEAARRIVAL IN SAMARIA _Text 4:1-6_ 1 When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus hims...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 4:1-6 We begin with the usual Analysis of the passage that is to be before us. In it we see:— Like the first three Chapter s of John, this fourth also furnishes...
And he must needs go through Samaria. AND [ de (G1161 ), OR, 'NOW'] HE MUST NEEDS GO THROUGH SAMARIA - for a geographical reason, no doubt; the nearest way from Judea to Galilee being through the i...
25 Ceremonial cleansing is the true definition of baptism, Before this, baptisms were a common feature of the Jewish ceremonial system, but were usually connected with the temple and the laver and wer...
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)....
MUST NEEDS GO THROUGH] Jesus had just heard that Herod Antipas had cast John into prison (Matthew 4:12). To escape this fate, He avoided Peræa, the seat of Herod's power, and passed through Samaria....
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...
HE MUST NEEDS GO THROUGH SAMARIA — i.e., following the shortest and most usual road, and the one we find Him taking from Galilee to Jerusalem (Luke 9:52; see Note there). Josephus spoke of this as the...
CHAPTER 9 THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA. “When therefore the Lord knew how that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus Himself baptized not, but H...
ἔδει … Σαμαρείας. The ἔδει is explained by the position of Samaria interposed between Judaea and Galilee. Only the very sensitive Jews went round by Peraea. The Galileans were accustomed to go through...
John 4:1-4 account for His being in Samaria; 5 26 relate His conversation with a Samaritan woman; 27 38 His consequent conversation with His own disciples; 39 42 the impression He made upon the Samari...
SATISFYING AN ETERNAL THIRST John 4:1-14 Our Lord had no wish to precipitate the conflict with the Pharisee party, until He had finished His ministry to the people. He was the last and greatest of th...
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...
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...
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...
“ _Now he must needs pass through Samaria. He cometh thus to a city of Samaria called Sychar_, _near to the parcel of ground which Jacob gave to his son Joseph._ ” ῎Εδει, _it was necessary:_ if one wo...
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...
44._For Jesus himself testified. _The apparent contradiction which strikes us here at first sight, has given rise to various interpretations. There is an excess of subtlety in the explanation given by...
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;...
AND HE MUST NEEDS GO THROUGH SAMARIA. Not the city, but the country of Samaria; for the way to Galilee from Judea, lay through the midst of Samaria; nor was there any other way, without going a great...
And he must needs go through Samaria. Ver. 4. _He must needs go_] Happy for them that they lay in our Saviour's way, to be looked upon; his feet drop fatness. Luther had rather be with Christ in hell...
_And he must needs go through Samaria_ The road from Judea to Galilee lying directly through it. _Then cometh he_ In the progress of his journey; _to a city of Samaria, called Sychar_ The original nam...
SAMARIA; lying between Judea and Galilee....
CHRIST AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA. On the way to Galilee:...
AND HE MUST NEEDS GO THROUGH SAMARIA....
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...
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...
Josephus tells us that Samaria is seated between Judea and Galilee, and begins at a town called Ginea: see LUKE 9:51,52 LUKE 17:11. There were two passages from Judea into Galilee; the one was through...
Cyprian Epistle VIII re already crowned, while some are even now within reach of the crown of victory; but all whom the danger has shut up in a glorious company are animated to carry on the struggle w...
John 4:4 But G1161 needed G1163 (G5713) go G1330 (G5738) through G1223 Samaria G4540...
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...
‘And he had to pass through Samaria.' The road through Samaria lies between Judea and Galilee, and although some Jews would take the long way round through Transjordan because they saw Samaria as an...
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 4:4. AND HE MUST NEEDS GO THROUGH SAMARIA. The natural route from Judea to Galilee lay through Samaria. The other route, through the country on the east of Jordan, was so much longer that no one...
HE MUST NEEDS PASS THROUGH SAMARIA (Εδε δε αυτον διερχεσθα δια της Σαμαριας). Imperfect indicative of the impersonal verb δε with subject infinitive (διερχεσθα) and accusative of general reference ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
HE HAD TO GO THROUGH SAMARIA. The hostility between Jews and Samaritans made the Jews usually take a roundabout route across the Jordan, through Perea, to avoid Samaria. But that took about seven days...
_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.
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 4:4 Jesus HAD TO PASS this way because it was the shortest route. The words may also indicate that God directed his journey (see John 3:7,...
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...
_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...
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...
Luke 17:11; Luke 2:49; Luke 9:51; Luke 9:52; Matthew 10:5;...
Must needs. Because this was the natural route from Jerusalem to Galilee. Possibly with a suggestion of the necessity arising from the Father's will. John does not put this as a mission undertaken 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...
And he must needs go through Samaria — The road lying directly through it....
Here observe, 1. How wonderfully the wisdom of God overrules the malice of men for his own glory, and the good of others. The malice of the Pharisees in Judea drives Christ into Galilee, and in his pa...