When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, WHEN THEREFORE (REFERRING BACK TO JOHN 3:22 , FROM WHICH THE NARRATIVE IS NOW RESUMED), THE LORD KNEW NOW THE PHARISEES HAD HEARD THAT JESUS MADE AND BAPTIZED [ poiei (G4160 ) kai (G253... [ Continue Reading ]
(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) (THOUGH [ kaitoige (G2544, or, 'And yet'] Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples.)] John, being but a servant, baptized with his own hand: Jesus, as the Master, whose exclusive prerogative it was to baptize with the Holy Spirit, seem... [ Continue Reading ]
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. HE LEFT JUDEA - that opposition to Him might not be too soon organized, which at that early stage would have marred His work. AND DEPARTED AGAIN INTO GALILEE - by which time John had been cast into prison. Here, then, our Evangelist takes up the... [ Continue Reading ]
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 intermediate province of Samaria: but certainly it was not without a higher design-He "needed" to me... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THEN COMETH HE TO A CITY OF SAMARIA, CALLED SYCHAR - the "Shechem" of the Old Testament, about 34 miles north of Jerusalem. From the Romans it got the name of "Neapolis,... [ Continue Reading ]
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. NOW JACOB'S WELL WAS THERE. 'We inquired of the Samaritans,' says Dr. Robinson, 'respecting Jacob's well. They said they acknowledged the tradition, and regarded it... [ Continue Reading ]
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. THERE COMETH A WOMAN OF SAMARIA TO DRAW WATER: JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, GIVE ME TO DRINK. For the heat of a noon-day sun had parched His lips. But, while Himself thirsting, "In the last, that great day of the fea... [ Continue Reading ]
(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) (FOR HIS DISCIPLES WERE GONE AWAY UNTO THE CITY TO BUY MEAT), [ trofas (G5160)] - 'victuals,' or 'provisions.' This was wisely ordered, that Jesus might be alone with the woman; nor did the disciples return until the dialogue was conc... [ Continue Reading ]
Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. THEN SAITH THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA UNTO HIM, HOW IS IT THAT THOU, BEING A JEW, ASKEST DRINK OF ME, WHICH AM A WOMAN OF SAMA... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HER, IF THOU KNEWEST THE GIFT OF GOD, AND WHO IT IS THAT SAITH TO THEE,... [ Continue Reading ]
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? THE WOMAN SAITH UNTO HIM, SIR, THOU HAST NOTHING TO DRAW WITH, AND THE WELL IS DEEP: FROM WHENCE THEN HAST THOU THAT LIVING WATER? This is the language of one who, t... [ Continue Reading ]
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? ART THOU GREATER (ALREADY PERCEIVING IN THIS STRANGER A CLAIM TO SOME MYSTERIOUS GREATNESS), THAN OUR FATHER JACOB, WHICH GAVE US THE WELL, AND DRANK THEREOF HIMSELF, AND... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HER, WHOSOEVER pas (G3956 ) ho (G3588 ) RATHER, 'EVERYONE THAT'] DRINKETH OF THIS WATER SHALL THIRST AGAIN:... [ Continue Reading ]
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. BUT WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THE WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM SHALL NEVER THIRST; BUT THE WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM S... [ Continue Reading ]
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. THE WOMAN SAITH UNTO HIM, SIR, GIVE ME THIS WATER, THAT I THIRST NOT, NEITHER COME HITHER TO DRAW. This is not obtuseness, for that is giving way: it expresses a wondering desire after she scarce k... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, GO CALL THY HUSBAND, AND COME HITHER - now proceeding to arouse her slumbering conscience by laying bare the guilty life she was leading, and, by the minnie details which that life furnished, not only bringing her... [ Continue Reading ]
The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: THE WOMAN ANSWERED AND SAID, I HAVE NO HUSBAND. JESUS SAID UNTO HER, THOU HAST WELL SAID, I HAVE NO HUSBAND:... [ Continue Reading ]
For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. FOR THOU HAST HAD FIVE HUSBANDS; AND HE WHOM THOU NOW HAST IS NOT THY HUSBAND: IN TH... [ Continue Reading ]
The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. THE WOMAN SAITH UNTO HIM, SIR, I PERCEIVE THAT THOU ART A PROPHET.... [ Continue Reading ]
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. OUR FATHERS WORSHIPPED IN THIS MOUNTAIN - that is, mount Gerizim (; ; ; ). In the Samaritan Pentateuch, instead of "Ebal" () - on which Moses commanded the altar to be erected, with the... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, WOMAN, BELIEVE ME, THE HOUR COMETH, [ erchetai (G2064 ) hoora (G5610 ), RATHER, 'THERE COMETH AN HOUR,'] WHEN YE SHALL NEITHER IN THIS... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. YE WORSHIP YE KNOW NOT WHAT; WE KNOW WHAT WE WORSHIP, [ ho (G3739) ouk (G3756) oidate (G1492) ... ho (G3739) oidamen (G1492)] - rather, 'Ye worship what ye know not: we worship what we know'-q.d., 'Ye worship wit... [ Continue Reading ]
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. BUT THE HOUR COMETH (OR, 'BUT THERE COMETH AN HOUR,') AND NOW IS - evidently meaning her to understand that this new economy was in some sense i... [ Continue Reading ]
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. GOD IS A SPIRIT: AND THEY THAT WORSHIP HIM MUST WORSHIP [HIM] IN SPIRIT AND [IN] TRUTH. 'As God is a Spirit, so He both invites and demands a spiritual worship, and already all is in preparation for a spiritual e... [ Continue Reading ]
The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. THE WOMAN SAITH UNTO HIM, I KNOW THAT MESSIAS COMETH, WHICH IS CALLED CHRIST: WHEN HE IS COME, HE WILL TELL US ALL THINGS. If we take our Lord's immediate disclosure of Himse... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, I THAT SPEAK UNTO THEE AM HE. Never did our Lord utter Himself so nakedly to His own people the Jews. He had magnified them to the woman; but to themselves He was to the last far more reserved than to her-proving to them r... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Sychar to buy provisions (John 4:8). AND MARVELED THAT HE TALKED [OR 'WAS TALKING' elalei (G2980 )... [ Continue Reading ]
The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, THE WOMAN THEN LEFT HER WATER-POT, AND WENT HER WAY INTO THE CITY, AND SAITH TO THE MEN,... [ Continue Reading ]
Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? COME [ deute (G1205 )], SEE A MAN WHICH TOLD ME ALL THINGS THAT EVER I DID: IS NOT THIS THE CHRIST? [ meeti (G3385) houtos (G3778) estin (G1510) ho (G3588) Christos (G5547)] The grammatical form of this question,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 UNTO HIM. How different, in this, from the Jews! and richly was this their openness to conviction rewar... [ Continue Reading ]
In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. IN THE MEANWHILE (DURING HER ABSENCE) HIS DISCIPLES PRAYED HIM, SAYING, MASTER, EAT. Fatigue and thirst we saw He felt; here is revealed another of our common infirmities to which the Lord was subject-hunger.... [ Continue Reading ]
But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. BUT HE SAID UNTO THEM, I HAVE MEAT TO EAT THAT YE KNOW NOT OF. What spirituality of mind does this answer breathe! The pronouns, "I" and "ye" are emphatically expressed [ Egoo (G1473) ... humeis (G5210)], sharply to mark the contrast... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? THEREFORE SAID THE DISCIPLES ONE TO ANOTHER, HATH ANY MAN BROUGHT HIM [OUGHT] TO EAT?... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, MY MEAT, [ emon (G1700) brooma (G1033)]. Here, again, the "My" is emphatic, in the same sense. IS TO DO [OR RATHER, 'TO BE DOING' hina (G2443 ) poioo (G4169 )] THE WILL OF HIM TH... [ Continue Reading ]
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. SAY NOT YE, THERE ARE YET FOUR MONTHS, AND THEN COMETH HARVEST? That this was intended to express the actual interval between... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT REAPETH RECEIVETH WAGES, AND GATHERETH FRUIT UNTO LIFE ETERNAL: THAT BOTH HE THAT SOWETH AND HE THAT REAPETH MAY REJOICE TOGETHER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, received "wages," in the sense of personal reward for his work, the "wages" here can be no other th... [ Continue Reading ]
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. I SENT YOU, [ egoo (G1473) apesteila (G649)]. The "I" here is emphatic: I, the Lord of the whole harvest. When He says, "I sent you," He refers back to their past appointment to the... [ Continue Reading ]
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. AND MANY OF THE SAMARITANS OF THAT CITY BELIEVED ON HIM FOR THE SAYING OF THE WOMAN, WHICH TESTIFIED, HE TOLD ME ALL THAT EVER I DID. What a commentary is this on... [ Continue Reading ]
So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. SO WHEN THE SAMARITANS WERE COME UNTO HIM, THEY BESOUGHT HIM THAT HE WOULD TARRY WITH THEM: AND HE ABODE - or 'tarried'-it is the same word [ emeinen (G3306)] - "there two day... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MANY MORE BELIEVED BECAUSE OF HIS OWN WORD;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. AND SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, NOW WE BELIEVE, NOT BECAUSE OF THY SAYING, [ ouk (G3756) eti (G2089) dia (G1223) teen (G3588) seen (G46... [ Continue Reading ]
Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. NOW AFTER TWO DAYS, [ tas (G3588) duo (G1417) heemeras (G2250)] - it should be, 'after the two days;' that is, of His stay at Sychar (John 4:40), "he departed thence, and went into Galilee.... [ Continue Reading ]
For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. FOR JESUS HIMSELF TESTIFIED, THAT A PROPHET HATH NO HONOUR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY, [ en (G1722) tee (G3588) idia (G2398) patridi (G3968)]. If "his own country" here meant Galilee, His having no honour in it would seem to b... [ Continue Reading ]
Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast. THEN, WHEN HE WAS COME INTO GALILEE, THE GALILEANS RECEIVED (OR WELCOMED) HIM, HAVING SEEN ALL THE THINGS THAT HE DID AT [`IN' en... [ Continue Reading ]
So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. SO JESUS CAME AGAIN INTO CANA OF GALILEE (SEE THE NOTE AT JOHN 2:1 ), WHERE HE MADE THE WATER WINE. AND THERE WAS A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN [ basilikos (G937)] - 'c... [ Continue Reading ]
When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee he went unto him and besought him that When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. WHEN HE HEARD THAT JES... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. THEN SAID JESUS, EXCEPT YE SEE SIGNS AND WONDERS [ seemeia (G4592) kai (G2532) terata (G5059)]. The latter word expresses simply the miraculous character of an act; the former the attestation which it gave of a highe... [ Continue Reading ]
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. THE NOBLEMAN SAITH UNTO HIM, SIR, COME DOWN ERE MY CHILD DIE. 'Ah! while we talk, my child is dying, and if Thou come not instantly, all will be over.' This was faith, but partial, and our Lord would perfect it. The man cannot believe... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, GO THY WAY; THY SON LIVETH. AND THE MAN BELIEVED THE WORD THAT JESUS HAD SPOKEN UNTO HIM, AND HE WENT HIS WAY. Both effects instantaneously foll... [ Continue Reading ]
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. AND AS HE WAS NOW GOING DOWN, HIS SERVANTS MET HIM, AND TOLD HIM, SAYING, THY SON LIVETH.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. THEN INQUIRED HE OF THEM THE HOUR WHEN HE BEGAN TO AMEND. AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, YESTERDAY AT THE SEVENTH HOUR THE FEVER LEFT HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. SO THE FATHER KNEW THAT IT WAS AT THE SAME HOUR IN THE WHICH JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, THY SON LIVETH; AND HIMSELF BELIEVED, AND HIS WHOLE HOUSE. He had believ... [ Continue Reading ]
This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. THIS IS AGAIN THE SECOND MIRACLE THAT JESUS DID, WHEN HE WAS COME OUT OF JUDEA INTO GALILEE - that is, not H... [ Continue Reading ]