Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 4:42
We know that this is the Saviour of the world — And not of the Jews only.
We know that this is the Saviour of the world — And not of the Jews only.
Verse 42. _WE HAVE HEARD_ him _ourselves_] On seeing and hearing our Lord, the faith of those who had already believed on the woman's testimony was abundantly confirmed; and, besides those, may others...
AND MANY OF THE SAMARITANS OF THAT CITY BELIEVED ON HIM, ... - There is seldom an instance of so remarkable success as this. From a single conversation, in circumstances, in a place, and with an indiv...
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 WITNESS OF THE SAMARITANS AND THE RETURN TO GALILEE. The author records the effect of personal contact with Jesus on the men who come from the city. The expression, Saviour of the World, must come...
KNOW THAT THIS IS INDEED THE CHRIST, THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. The Samaritan hearts were good soil, ready for the word, open and honest, and hence there was. wonderful result. To the woman Jesus had sa...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
Many of the Samaritans from that city believed on him, because of the woman's story, for she testified: "He told me all things that I have done." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to...
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...
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...
_thy saying_ Not the same word as in John 4:39, the Greek for which is the same as that translated -word" in John 4:41. _Joh 4:39; John 4:41_should be alike, viz. -word," meaning -statement" in...
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...
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,...
42. Omit ὁ Χριστός after ΚΌΣΜΟΝ, with אBC1 and most versions and Fathers against Acts 3D. 42. ΟΥ̓ΚΈΤΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. Note the order: NO LONGER IS IT BECAUSE OF THY SPEECH THAT WE BELIEVE (see on John 1:7). Λα...
VER 39. 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. 40. SO WHEN THE SAMARITANS WERE COME TO HIM, THEY BESOUGHT...
_THIS CAN BE THE CHRIST BECAUSE HIS WORDS ARE BELIEVABLE: JOHN 4:39-45:_ There was within that sinful woman a spark of goodness waiting to be kindled by Jesus. When this woman became a believer in Jes...
ΛΑΛΙΆ (G2981) речь. Имеются в виду не сплетни, но открытые разговоры между людьми о чем-л. (Schnackenburg). ΆΚΗΚΌΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. Завершающий perf. подчеркивает, что пр...
DISCOURSE: 1622 CONVERSION OF THE SAMARITANS John 4:41. _And many more believed because of his own word; and said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ours...
AND MANY MORE BELIEVED— This was the more extraordinary, as they not only had a natural prejudice against him asa Jew; but, living near mount Gerizim, had a particular interest in maintaining the usua...
REAPING THE HARVEST _Text 4:39-42_ 39 And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that ever I did. 40 So when...
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 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...
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)....
THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD] They accepted Him as the world's Saviour, because they had experienced His saving power in their own case. It is an instance of the argument from Christian experience: see Jo...
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...
WE HAVE HEARD HIM OURSELVES. — The “Him” is not part of the original text, and the sentence is more forcible without it: _We have ourselves heard._ Probably “the Christ” should also be regarded as no...
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...
John 4:39-42 briefly sum up the results of the Lord's visit....
THE GROWTH OF FAITH John 4:39-45 There are many ways of coming to know Christ. In some cases He comes to us, as to the woman by the well, and reveals Himself in a direct and illuminating manner, so t...
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...
_This is indeed the Saviour of the world. These Samaritans then believed that Jesus was the true Messias, sent to redeem the world. (Witham)_...
“ _Now many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman who testified: He told me all things that I have done._ 40. _When, therefore, the Samaritans came unto him,...
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...
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...
_REASONS FOR FAITH_ ‘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.’ John 4:42 This incident reminds...
42._On account of thy speech. _Though I have followed Erasmus in rendering this word by _oratio_, (_speech_,)because _loquela_, which the ancient interpreter uses, is a barbarous term; yet I wish to w...
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 SAID UNTO THE WOMAN,.... Who, it appears, kept hearing Christ, attending on him, and conversing with him; for having tasted of his grace, she could not leave him: NOW WE BELIEVE, NOT BECAUSE OF T...
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. Ver. 42. _Not because of thy...
_And many more believed_ “This was the more extraordinary, as they not only had a national prejudice against him as a Jew, but, living near mount Gerizim, had a particular interest in maintaining the...
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 SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. The woman did her missionary work...
Faith as personal conviction:...
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...
Several things may be the occasion of faith, which are neither the principal efficient causes, nor the proper instrumental cause of it. The principal efficient cause of the faith of these Samaritans w...
John 4:42 Then G5037 said G3004 (G5707) woman G1135 G3754 Now G3765 believe G4100 (G5719) not...
‘And many more believed because of his word, and they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your words, but because we have heard for ourselves and know that this is indeed the Saviour of...
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...
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 4:41-42. AND MANY MORE BELIEVED BECAUSE OF HIS WORD; AND THEY SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, NO LONGER BECAUSE OF THY SPEAKING DO WE BELIEVE: FOR WE HAVE HEARD FOR OURSELVES, AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS INDEE...
NOT BECAUSE OF THY SPEAKING (ουκετ δια την σην λαλιαν). "No longer because of thy talk," good and effective as that was. Λαλια (cf. λαλεω) is talk, talkativeness, mode of speech, one's vernacular,...
SAVIOUR (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _ WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
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...
HE IS REALLY THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. Here, many months before Peter's declaration (Matthew 16:16), the Samaritans declare Jesus to be the Messiah-Savior of the _world!_ [But it is very unlikely they...
_Many more believed, because of His word, and said … This is indeed the Christ._ CHRISTIANITY ADAPTED TO MAN’S MORAL CONSTITUTION The counterpart of this narrative at a missionary station may easily...
_Now we believe not because of thy saying:__ WE HAVE HEARD HIM OUR__selves_ THE SAMARITAN’S CONFESSION OF FAITH I. THE PERSONS FROM WHOM IT CAME. Samaritans out of the covenant, with imperfect notio...
_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;...
_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 4:41 SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. The Samaritans’ response to Jesus marks the first indication of the universal scope of his saving mission (compare John 10:16;...
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 said to the woman_, &c. _Saviour of the world_, understand _Messiah_, as the Syriac Version adds, who was sent by God for the salvation not of Israel only, as the Jews pretended, but of all the n...
_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...
1 John 4:14; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Acts 17:11; Acts 17:12; Acts 4:12;...
Said [ε λ ε γ ο ν]. The imperfect tense : said to the woman as they successively met her. Saying [λ α λ ι α ν]. Another word is designedly substituted for logon, word (vv. 39, 41). In ver. 39 logov, w...
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...