Greatly surprised to find him talking with a woman. The Jews strongly disapproved talking to a woman in public. The teachers of the Law thought of it as disgrace. This explains part of the woman's surprise in John 4:9.
Verse 27. _CAME HIS DISCIPLES_] From the town, whither they went to buy food, John 4:8. _MARVELLED THAT HE TALKED WITH THE WOMAN_] Because it was contrary to the custom of the eastern countries; and...
UPON THIS - At this time. MARVELLED - Wondered. They wondered because the Jews had no contact with the Samaritans, and they were surprised that Jesus was engaged with her in conversation. YET NO MAN...
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...
SOWING AND REAPING. The hearty reception given by the Samaritans to the Jewish teacher shows that their hearts were much more open to the reception of divine truths than the conceited and bigoted Jews...
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...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. MARVELLED. All the texts read "were wondering". Greek. _thaumazo._ First occurance Matthew 8:10. TALKED. was talking. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104. THE WOMAN. a woman....
_talked with the woman_ Rather, WAS TALKING _with_ A _woman_, contrary to the precepts of the Rabbis. -Let no one talk with a woman in the street, no not with his own wife." The woman's being a Samari...
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...
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...
ἘΘΑΎΜΑΖΟΝ, with all the best MSS., for ἑθαύμασαν, which has been substituted to harmonize with ἦλθαν. 27. ἘΘΑΎΜΑΖΟΝ. Change of tense; their coming was a single act, _they continued wondering_ (John 4:...
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...
ΈΠΪ ΤΟΎΤΩ (G1909; G3778) указывает на момент истории, когда приходят ученики (Becker), ΈΘΑΎΜΑΖΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΘΑΥΜΆΖΩ (G2296) быть пораженным, удивляться. Указывает на недоверчивое изумление...
TALKED WITH THE WOMAN:— The wonder of the disciples was raised by their Lord's talking with a _Samaritan woman._...
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...
And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? AND UPON THIS CAME HIS DISCIPLES - who had been to...
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)....
WITH THE WOMAN] RV 'with a woman.' In His high estimate of womanhood Jesus rose far above the ideas of His time, and taught lessons which are only now being learned (see on Matthew 1:18). The contempo...
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...
WITH THE WOMAN. — Better, probably, _with a woman._ They are surprised, not at His talking with a Samaritan, but at His talking in public with a woman, which was directly contrary to the Rabbinic prec...
But just at this critical juncture, ἐπὶ τούτῳ, “on this,” came His disciples καὶ ἐθαύμασαν. The imperfect better suits the sense; “they were wondering”: the cause of wonder being ὅτι μετὰ γυναικὸς ἐλά...
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...
_His disciples... wondered, &c. They admired his humility, finding him discoursing with a poor woman, especially she being a Samaritan. (Witham)_...
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...
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...
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...
VER. 27. _Upon this his disciples came, and they were astonished that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one of them said:What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her._ ” There existed a rabbin...
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...
27._His disciples came, and wondered. _That _the disciples wondered_, as the Evangelist relates, might arise from one of two causes; either that they were offended at the mean condition of the woman,...
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 UPON THIS CAME HIS DISCIPLES,.... Just as he was saying the above words, and making himself known in this full manner, his disciples, who had been into the city to buy food, came up to them: AND...
And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? Ver. 27. _That he talked with the woman_] _Solum cum...
_Upon this came his disciples_ Who, as was said before, were gone into the city to buy food; _and marvelled that he talked with the woman_ Or rather (as the word γυναικος is without the article) _with...
Belief and missionary effort:...
AND UPON THIS CAME HIS DISCIPLES, AND MARVELED THAT HE TALKED WITH THE WOMAN; YET NO MAN SAID, WHAT SEEKEST THOU? OR, WHY TALKEST THOU WITH HER?...
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...
The disciples, as we heard before, were gone into the city Sichem to buy food, and were kept there by the providence of God till our Saviour had finished this discourse with the woman of Samaria, but...
The Second Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity Also, when our Lord Jesus Christ Himself was talking with the woman of Samaria by the well alone, "His disciples came" and found Him talking with he...
John 4:27 And G2532 at G1909 this G5129 His G846 disciples G3101 came G2064 (G5627) and G2532 marveled...
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 upon this came his disciples and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman, yet no man said, ‘What are you looking for?' or ‘Why are you speaking with her?' At this crucial point the disci...
John 4:27. AND UPON THIS CAME HIS DISCIPLES; AND THEY MARVELLED THAT HE TALKED WITH A WOMAN: YET NO MAN SAID, WHAT SEEKEST THOU? OR, WHY TALKEST THOU WITH HER? To talk with a woman in public was one o...
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...
UPON THIS (επ τουτω). This idiom only here in N.T. At this juncture. Apparently the woman left at once when the disciples came.THEY MARVELLED (εθαυμαζον). Imperfect active describing the astonish...
THAT HE that he was talking with a woman....
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...
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 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...
_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;...
_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...
_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.
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...
_And immediately_, &c. Origen, S. Cyril, and others, think it is meant that the disciples marvelled at the humility of Christ that He should condescend to talk, with a poor and foreign woman. But if s...
_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...
John 4:9; Luke 7:39...
Came - marvelled [η λ θ α ν - ε θ α υ μ α ζ ο ν]. The tense of each verb is different : the aorist, came, marking as in a single point of time the disciples ' arrival, and the imperfect, they were won...
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...
His disciples marvelled that he talked with a woman — Which the Jewish rabbis reckoned scandalous for a man of distinction to do. They marvelled likewise at his talking with a woman of that nation, wh...
Observe here, 1. How the providence of God so ordered and disposed of things, that the disciples did not return to Christ, till he had finished his discourse with this poor woman. An humbled sinner ma...