Verse 37. _HEREIN IS THAT SAYING TRUE, ONE SOWETH, AND ANOTHER_ _REAPETH._] Or, _One is the sower, and another is the reaper_. In what respects _you_, of this business, this proverb is true-_One is t...
THAT SAYING - That proverb. This proverb is found in some of the Greek writers (Grotius). Similar proverbs were in use among the Jews. See Isaiah 65:21; Leviticus 26:16; Micah 6:15....
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...
ONE SOWETH, AND ANOTHER REAPETH. This was. common proverb, growing out of constant human experience, true of worldly and spiritual things. How often has the patient pastor sowed, and then the evangel...
"Are you not in the habit of saying: 'Four months, and the harvest will come'? Look you! I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, because they are already white for the harvesting. The...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
HEREIN. in (Greek. _en)_ this. IS. i.e. is [exemplified] the true saying. SAYING. Greek. logos. See note on Mark 9:32. ONE... ANOTHER. Greek. _allos._ App-124....
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...
_And herein is that saying true_ Rather, FOR _herein is the saying_(_proved) true_, i.e. is shewn to be the genuine proverb capable of realisation, not a mere empty phrase. -True" is opposed to -unrea...
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...
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...
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,...
ἘΝ ΓᾺΡ … ἈΛΗΘΙΝΌΣ. _For herein is the saying_ (_proved_) _a true one_, shewn by fulfilment to be a genuine proverb and not an empty phrase. See on John 4:23; John 7:28; John 19:35. Ἐν τούτῳ refers to...
Ver 35. Say not you, There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. 36. And he that reaps re...
_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...
ΈΝ ΤΟΎΤΩ (G1722; G3778) в этом. Может относиться к предыдущему — ст. 36, но, скорее, относится к последующему — ст. 38 (Barrett), ΑΛΗΘΙΝΌΣ (G228) истинный, на которого можно положиться; эта поговорка...
AND HE THAT REAPETH, &C.— As the disciples laboured together with our Lord in this spiritual harvest,—to encourage them, he put them in mind of the reward. The passage should be read as follows: _"He...
FIELDS WHITE UNTO HARVEST _Text 4:31-38_ 31 In the meanwhile the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat. 32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. 33 The disciples theref...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 4:31-42 We begin with the usual Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. In it we see:— "In the meanwhile His disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat...
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. AND HEREIN IS THAT SAYING TRUE, ONE SOWETH, AND ANOTHER REAPETH. As our Lord could not mean that the reaper only, and not the sewer,...
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...
HEREIN IS THAT SAYING TRUE — i.e., in the deeper sense of the word true (comp. Note on John 1:9) — has its realisation; is ideally true. The proverb itself was known both to the Greeks and to the Roma...
CHAPTER 11 THE SECOND SIGN IN GALILEE. “In the mean while the disciples prayed Him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But He said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. The disciples therefore said one to...
ἐν γὰρ τούτῳ. For in this, _i.e._, in the circumstances explained in the following verse, namely, that I have sent you to reap what others sowed, is the saying verified, “one soweth and another Lapeth...
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...
And herein is that (i) saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. (i) That proverb....
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...
“ _For herein is the saying true: The sower is one and the reaper another._ 38. _I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored; other men labored, and ye are entered into their labor._ ” Accordi...
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...
_SOWING AND REAPING_ ‘And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.’ John 4:37 ‘That saying,’—it was then a common and familiar saying already; what we should call a proverb of t...
37._For in this is the saying true. _This was a common proverb, by which he showed that many men frequently receive the fruit of the labor of others, though there was this difference, that he who has...
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 HEREIN IS THAT SAYING TRUE,.... This verifies that proverbial expression so much in use, and which may be applied to different persons and cases: ONE SOWETH, AND ANOTHER REAPETH; the prophets sow...
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. Ver. 37. _That saying true, &c._] Camerdrius recites the Senary at large. Αλλοι μεν σπειρους ', αλλοι δ αυ αμησονται ....
John 4:36, 37. "And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One sowet...
_Herein is that saying true_ That common proverb; _One soweth and another reapeth_ He alludes to what often happens, namely, that after he has sown his field, a man dies before he gathers in the harve...
AND HEREIN IS THAT SAYING TRUE, ONE SOWETH, AND ANOTHER REAPETH....
The harvest in the kingdom of God:...
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...
It was a proverbial expression, most commonly used with reference to those who unjustly invaded the rights and possessions of other men; but as applicable unto those who, by the disposing providence o...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For although Abraham was one, he did in himself prefigure the two covenants, in which some indeed have sown, while others have reaped; for it is said, "In this is th...
John 4:37 For G1063 in G1722 this G5129 saying G3056 is G2076 (G5748) true G228 G3754 One G
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...
‘He who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For in this the saying holds true, ‘one sows and another reaps'. I sent you to reap that...
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 4:37. FOR HEREIN IS THE WORD TRUE, ONE SOWETH, AND ANOTHER REAPETH. For, in the spiritual field of which Jesus speaks, the familiar saying is true, has full reality (the word used signifying ‘tru...
FOR HEREIN (εν γαρ τουτω). In this relation between the sower and the reaper.THE SAYING (ο λογος). Like 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 3:1, etc. Probably a proverb that is particularly true (αληθινος f...
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...
ONE MAN PLANTS, ANOTHER MAN REAPS. This is also a proverb. The spectacular results in a "Revival" are usually the results of someone who patiently _planted_ God's truth....
_Say not ye there are yet four months and then cometh harvest_ THE SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF THE WORLD Not unfrequently does the Bible represent the great work of the moral reformation of the world by 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;...
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...
_For in this_, &c. A _word, i.e._, a _proverb_, which is "current in the mouths of many," says S. Chrysostom. This proverb, _one soweth_, &c., which is spoken of the natural harvest, is still more tru...
_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...
Judges 6:3; Luke 19:21; Micah 6:15...
Herein [ε ν τ ο υ τ ω]. Literally, in this. In this relation between sower and reaper. Is that saying true [ο λ ο γ ο ς ε σ τ ι ν ο α λ η θ ι ν ο ς]. Rev., properly, the saying; the common proverb. Tr...
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...
That saying — A common proverb; One soweth — The prophets and Christ; another reapeth — The apostles and succeeding ministers....