Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
John 4:2
αὐτὸς οὐκ. Because baptizing is the work of a minister, not of the Lord: Jesus baptizes with the Holy Spirit (John 1:33).
αὐτὸς οὐκ. Because baptizing is the work of a minister, not of the Lord: Jesus baptizes with the Holy Spirit (John 1:33).
Verse John 4:2. _JESUS HIMSELF BAPTIZED NOT_] John 3:22, John 3:22....
THOUGH JESUS HIMSELF BAPTIZED NOT - The reason why Jesus did not baptize was probably because, if He had baptized, it might have made unhappy divisions among his followers: those might have considered...
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 .)...
IV. 1- 42. CHRIST IN SAMARIA. John 4:1. Christ and the Samaritan Woman. The Lord (for the title _cf. John 6:23_, John 11:2; John 20:20;...
THOUGH THE LORD DID NOT HIMSELF BAPTIZE, BUT HIS DISCIPLES. ‘ Christ's message at this time was John's: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand," and his baptism was that of John. Hence it was...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although it was not Jesus himself who was in the habit of baptizing but his disciple...
THOUGH. And yet. BAPTIZED. It was not the practice of Jesus to baptize. Imperf. Tense. NOT. Greek. _ou_. App-105. Compare John 3:22....
_Jesus himself baptized not_ Because baptizing is the work of a minister, not of the Lord. Christ baptizes with the Holy Spirit (John 1:33)....
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...
Ver 1. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 2. (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3. He left Judea, and...
_THIS CAN BE THE CHRIST BECAUSE HE OFFERS LIVING WATER -- JOHN 4:1-26:_ At Jacob's well Jesus met a sinful, Samaritan woman. Some of Jesus greatest teaching was done to just one student. He spoke to t...
ΚΑΊΤΟΙ ΓΕ (G2544) хотя (BD, 234; Thrall; Blomquist, 35-45). ΈΒΆΠΤΙΖΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΒΑΠΤΊΖΩ (G907) крестить. Inch, или привычный _impf._, подчеркивающий повторяющееся действие. Это показывает...
WHEN THEREFORE THE LORD KNEW, &C.— The Baptist's imprisonment happened while our Lord was in Judea (see Mark 6:17., &c.) where he continued till the fame of his doctrine, disciples, and miracles, reac...
WITHDRAWL FROM JUDEAARRIVAL IN SAMARIA _Text 4:1-6_ 1 When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus hims...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 4:1-6 We begin with the usual Analysis of the passage that is to be before us. In it we see:— Like the first three Chapter s of John, this fourth also furnishes...
(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 h...
25 Ceremonial cleansing is the true definition of baptism, Before this, baptisms were a common feature of the Jewish ceremonial system, but were usually connected with the temple and the laver and wer...
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...
THOUGH JESUS HIMSELF BAPTIZED NOT. — This is a correction, not of the writer’s statement, but of the report carried to the Pharisees. The form of the report is quite natural. John did personally bapti...
CHAPTER 9 THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA. “When therefore the Lord knew how that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus Himself baptized not, but H...
John 4:1-4 account for His being in Samaria; 5 26 relate His conversation with a Samaritan woman; 27 38 His consequent conversation with His own disciples; 39 42 the impression He made upon the Samari...
Here John inserts a clause corrective of one impression which this statement would make: καίτοιγε … αὐτοῦ. καίτοιγε is slightly stronger than “although,” rather “although indeed”. Hoogeveen (_De Parti...
SATISFYING AN ETERNAL THIRST John 4:1-14 Our Lord had no wish to precipitate the conflict with the Pharisee party, until He had finished His ministry to the people. He was the last and greatest of th...
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...
St. John Chrysostom thinks that this baptism, given by the disciples of Christ, did not at all differ from the baptism of St. John the Baptist; both, in his opinion, being used to prepare the people f...
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...
“ _When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John_, 2, _though Jesus did not himself baptize, but his disciples_, 3, _he left Judea, an...
I. JESUS AND THE SAMARITAN WOMAN: JOHN 4:1-26. In this first phase we see how Jesus succeeds in awaking faith in a soul which was a stranger to all spiritual life. The historical situation is describ...
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...
When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (2) (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples), (3) He left Judea, and depar...
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...
2._Though Jesus himself baptized not. _He gives the designation of _Christ _’_s Baptism _to that which he conferred by the hands of other, in order to inform us that Baptism ought not to be estimated...
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;...
THOUGH JESUS HIMSELF BAPTIZED NOT,.... And therefore as Nonnus observes, it was a false report that was made to the Pharisees; at least in part, so far as concerns the act of baptizing: though it may...
(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) Ver. 2. _Jesus himself baptized not_] A sweet comfort, that Christ is said not to baptize those whom the disciples baptized. The sacraments adm...
_When the Lord knew_ Without receiving information from any one; _how the Pharisees_ Whose interest in the sanhedrim was very great; _had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John_ T...
CHRIST AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA. On the way to Galilee:...
(THOUGH JESUS HIMSELF BAPTIZED NOT, BUT HIS DISCIPLES,)...
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...
1-3 Jesus applied himself more to preaching, which was the more excellent, 1 Corinthians 1:17, than to baptism. He would put honour upon his disciples, by employing them to baptize. He teaches us that...
For he himself did not personally baptize any, but left it to his disciples, himself attending to the greater work of preaching the gospel, by which men and women were made fit for the ordinance of ba...
Tertullian Against Praxeas John, moreover, brands that man as "a liar" who "denieth that Jesus is the Christ; "whilst on the other hand he declares that "every one is born of God who believeth that J...
John 4:2 though G2544 Jesus G2424 Himself G846 not G3756 baptize G907 (G5707) but G235 His G846 disciples...
‘When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptising more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptise, but his disciples) he left Judea and de...
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 4:1-3. WHEN THEREFORE THE LORD PERCEIVED THAT THE PHARISEES HAD HEARD, JESUS MAKETH AND BAPTIZETH MORE DISCIPLES THAN JOHN, (THOUGH JESUS HIMSELF BAPTIZED NOT, BUT HIS DISCIPLES,) HE LEFT JUDEA,...
ALTHOUGH JESUS HIMSELF BAPTIZED NOT, BUT HIS DISCIPLES (καιτοιγε Ιησους αυτος ουκ εβαπτιζεν αλλ' ο μαθητα αυτου). Parenthetical explanation that applies also to John 3:22. Imperfect tense means that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
MORE DISCIPLES THAN JOHN. The jealous friends of John (John 3:26) may have told the Pharisees about this. (ACTUALLY, JESUS HIMSELF DID NOT BAPTIZE ANYONE.) Had Jesus done so, those personally baptized...
_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...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 4:1. These verses form an historical introductory note prefixed to and explaining our Lord’s ministry in Samaria. He left Judæa to avoid conflict with the Pharis...
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 Corinthians 1:13; Acts 10:48...
Though [κ α ι τ ο ι γ ε]. Literally, and yet. The report of Jesus ' baptizing brought to the Baptist by his disciples is corrected. Baptized. The imperfect tense : it was not His practice to baptize....
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...