THEREFORE. See John 3:22. THE LORD. App-98. B.C. For the occurances of this absolute title in John, see John 6:23; John 11:2; John 20:20. and Compare John 20:2; John 20:13; John 20:18; John 20:25; John 21:7. KNEW. came to know. Greek gino [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGH. And yet. BAPTIZED. It was not the practice of Jesus to baptize. Imperf. Tense. NOT. Greek. _ou_. App-105. Compare John 3:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN. See John 1:43. INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. GALILEE. See App-169.... [ Continue Reading ]
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._ Compare John 8:59. THROUGH. Greek _dia._ App-104.John 4:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. Therefore. TO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. SYCHAR. _Now 'Askar._. village on the slope of Mount Ebal and north of Jacob's well. PARCEL OF GROUND. field or land. THAT JACOB GAVE. Compare Genesis 33:19; Genesis 48:22.Joshua 24:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
JACOB'S WELL. Compare Genesis 49:22. WELL. spring. Greek. _pege._ Not the same word as in verses: John 4:11; John 4:12, but as in John 4:14. WITH. from. Greek. _ek._ App-104. SAT. was sitting. ON: or by. Greek. _epi._ App-104. Compare John 5:2. THE SIXTH HOUR. Of the day, i.e. noon. See on John... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. out of. Greek. _ek._ App-104. GIVE ME, &c. The first word. Note the _seven_ (App-10) times the Lord spoke to the woman, and _the_ gradual ascent to the final declaration in John 4:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR, &c. See note on John 4:34. UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. TO. in order that (Greek. _hina)_ they might. MEAT. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Species), App-6 for all kinds of food.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW, &c. See note on John 3:4. ASKEST. Greek. _aiteo._ App-134. 4, as in John 4:10. OF. from. Greek. _para._ App-104. WHICH AM. being. THE JEWS... THE. No articles. HAVE... DEALINGS. have... familiar intercourse. Greek. _sunchraomai._ Occurs only here. NO. Greek. _ou.App-105._... [ Continue Reading ]
ANSWERED AND SAID. A Hebraism. See Deuteronomy 1:41 and App-122. IF THOU, &c. Assuming the hypothesis as. fact. App-118. KNEWEST. hadst known. Greek. _oida._ App-132. See note on John 1:26. THE GIFT. See note on "How", John 3:4. Greek. _dorea._ Occurs only here in the Gospels, elsewhere only in Ac... [ Continue Reading ]
SIR. App-98. WELL. a well dug out. Not the same word as in verses: John 4:6; John 4:14. deep. In 1869 it was 105 feet, and had 15 feet of water.... [ Continue Reading ]
ART THOU, &c., or Surely Thou art not (App-105). THEREOF. out of (Greek. _ek._ App-104.) it. AND. Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6. CHILDREN. sons. App-108. CATTLE. Greek. Plural of _thremma._ Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSOEVER DRINKETH. Every one who is in the habit of drinking. SHALL. will.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSOEVER DRINKETH. he who may have drunk (Greek. _an,_ with Subjunctive Aor.) NEVER THIRST. by no means (Greek. _ou me._ App-105) thirst for ever (App-151). BE. become. in. Greek _en._ App-104. WELL. fountain, as in John 4:6. Not as in verses: John 4:11; John 4:12. SPRINGING UP. welling up. EV... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. Greek _pros._ App-104. THAT. Greek. _hina._ See John 1:7. NOT. Greek _me._ App-106. COME HITHER. Some texts read _dierchomai (as_ in John 4:4). come all the way hither (through, or across the plain).... [ Continue Reading ]
HUSBAND. Greek. _aner._ App-123.... [ Continue Reading ]
WELL. Compare John 8:48; John 13:13.Matthew 15:7; Mark 12:32.Luke 20:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. Omit. TRULY. true. See note on John 8:33 and App-175.... [ Continue Reading ]
I PERCEIVE. Greek. _thebreo._ App-133. See _The Didache xi._ John 4:5. and Compare John 4:42 here. PROPHET. See App-49.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORSHIPPED. App-137. THIS MOUNTAIN. Gerizim. The well was at its foot. (See Deuteronomy 27:12.) MEN OUGHT. it is necessary.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOMAN. See on John 2:4. BELIEVE Me. App-150. See note on John 1:7. This formula occurs only here and 14. 11. NEITHER... NOR. Greek. _oute... oute._ AT. Greek. _en._ App-104. THE FATHER. See App-98, and note on John 1:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE WORSHIP... WHAT. See 2 Kings 17:24, esp. John 4:33. SALVATION. the salvation [which the prophets foretold]. Compare Luke 2:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMETH, AND NOW IS. is coming, and is now on its way. Its coming depended on the repentance of the nation, when all the prophecies would have been fulfilled. See Acts 3:18. TRUE. real. See note on John 1:9. App-175. WORSHIPPERS. Greek. _proskunetes._ Only here. SPIRIT. App-101. IN. No Prepositio... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. See App-98., with Art. Contrast John 1:1. A SPIRIT. spirit: i.e. not flesh, or material substance. Not "a" Spirit. MUST. Note this absolute condition. Compare John 4:4; John 3:7; John 3:14; John 3:30; John 9:4; John 10:16; John 12:34; John 20:9, &c. [ Continue Reading ]
MESSIAS. Messiah. App-98. CHRIST. See App-98. IS COME. comes, or shall have come. TELL. Greek. _anangello._ See John 5:15; John 16:13; John 16:14; John 16:15; John 16:25 (shew). Compare App-12 1 John 5:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. One of six things forbidden to. Rabbi by the Talmud; and she being. Samaritan caused the greater wo... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Greek. Plural of _anthropos._ App-123.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEE. App-133. THAT EVER. whatsoever. IS NOT THIS?. can this be?... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. All the texts omit. OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. CAME. were coming.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAYED. were asking. Greek. _erotao._ App-134. MASTER. Greek. _Rabbi._ App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEAT. Greek. brosis. eating. Not the same word as in John 4:34. OF. Omit "of".... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEAT. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of food. Greek. _broma._ Not the same word as in John 4:33. TO DO. in order to do. Emphasizing the object and end, not the act. Compare Luke 2:49; Luke 4:4. WILL. App-102. SENT. Greek. _pempo._ App-174. See note on John 1... [ Continue Reading ]
SAY NOT YE. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6. BEHOLD. Greek. _idou._ App-133. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. LOOK ON. Greek. _theaomai._ App-133. ALREADY. This does not refer to the present mission field, but to the then present expectation of national re pentance (on which the glorious... [ Continue Reading ]
ETERNAL. App-151.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
SENT. App-174. OTHER MEN. Greek. Plural _of allos._ LABOURED. have laboured. ARE ENTERED. have entered. THEIR: i.e. John the Baptist and the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
BELIEVED ON. App-150. See note on John 1:7. FOR. on account of. Greek. _dia._ App-104.John 4:2. TESTIFIED. bore witness. See note on John 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
BESOUGHT. asked. Greek. _erotao._ App-134. TARRY. Greek. _meno._ See note on "abode", John 1:32. WITH. Greek. _para._ App-104. ABODE. Greek. _meno,_ as above. TWO DAYS. See note on John 4:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
BELIEVED. App-150. BECAUSE OF. Greek _dia._ App-104.John 4:2. word. Greek. _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAID. were saying: i.e. as one and another spoke. NOT. no longer. Greek. _ouketi._ INDEED. truly. Compare App-175., and p. 1511. CHRIST. All the texts omit "the Christ", but not the Syriac. See App-94, note 3. SAVIOUR. IN JOHN only here, and 1 John 4:14. See note on Matthew 1:21. THE WORLD. Gre... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER TWO DAYS. See John 11:6, and compare with the Seventh Sign. App-176. AFTER. Greek. _meta._ App-104. TWO. the two; viz, those mentioned in John 4:40.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR JESUS, &c. Note the parenthetical explanation, and see note on "and we beheld", John 1:14. A PROPHET. Figure of speech _Parcemia._ App-169. _ _ _ HIS OWN COUNTRY_= h is native place. See John 7:41; John 7:42. Which was Galilee (App-169). The Lord had proved the truth of this proverb before He... [ Continue Reading ]
_ RECEIVED_. Greek. dechgmai. Only occurance here in John. SEEN. Greek. _horao._ App-183.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN... CANA, &c. Referring to John 2:1. made. Not the same word as "made" in John 2:9. NOBLEMAN. a royal officer. Probably belonging to the court of Herod Antipas (App-109). Greek. _basilikos._ Occurs only here; John 4:49; Acts 12:20; Acts 12:21. and James 2:8. CAPERNAUM. App-169.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT THE POINT OF DEATH. about to die. Not the same miracle as that of the centurion's servant recorded in Matthew 8:5 and Luke 7:1. The two miracles differ as to time, place, person, pleading, plea, disease, the Lord's answer, and the man's faith, as may be easily seen by comparing the two as to thes... [ Continue Reading ]
EXCEPT. If not. Greek _ean_ me. App-118 and App-105. SIGNS. See note on John 2:11. signs and wonders. See App-176. NOT. in no wise. Greek. _ou me._ App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
ERE. before. See note on Matthew 1:18. CHILD. Greek. _paidion._ App-108.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVETH. Greek. zao.. word characteristic of this Gospel. See p. 1511, and compare App-170.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. But already. SERVANTS. bond-servants. MET. Greek _apantao,_ but all the texts read _hupantao._ SON. boy. Greek. _pais._ App-108.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. Therefore. WHEN. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) which. AMEND. get better. Greek. _kompsoteron echo._ Occurs only here in N.T. THE SEVENTH HOUR. 1 o'clock p.m. Compare App-165.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SECOND MIRACLE. a second sign. Having thus begun to number the signs in this Gospel, we may continue to do so, and complete the whole (eight). See App-176. See note on John 2:11.... [ Continue Reading ]