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I SENT YOU - In the commission given you to preach the gospel. You
have not labored or toiled in preparing the way for the great harvest
which is now to be gathered in.
OTHER MEN LABOURED -
* The...
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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 .)...
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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...
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SENT YOU TO REAP THAT WHEREON YE BESTOWED NO LABOR.
The verb "sent" is past, and refers to some event before the present
incident. It can only be explained by referring it to the events of
the last ei...
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"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...
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BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
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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....
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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...
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_I sent you_, &c. The pronouns are again emphatically opposed, as in
John 4:32.
_other men_ Christ, the Sower; but put in the plural to balance -ye"
in the next clause. In John 4:37 both are put in th...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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ΚΕΚΟΠΙΆΚΑΤΕ. _Ye have laboured_. The pronouns, as in John
4:32, are emphatic and opposed. This will be the rule throughout; _sic
vos non vobis_.
ἌΛΛΟΙ. Christ, the Sower; but put in the plural to bala...
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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...
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_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...
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ΑΠΈΣΤΕΙΛΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ (G649)
посылать, посылать в качестве
официального представителя,
облеченного властью. Обобщ. _aor._
рассматривает действие целиком. Это
действие может включать...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)....
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OTHER MEN] In spite of the plural this means Christ Himself....
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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...
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I SENT YOU TO REAP... — The pronouns are again emphatic. “I sent
_you_ to reap;” and the statement is of wide meaning. He is ever
_the_ Sower. All others are more or less fully reapers, though in the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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By these words our Saviour testifies to his disciples, that the
prophets had sown the seed in order to bring men to believe in Christ.
This was the end of the law, this the fruit which the prophets lo...
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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...
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“ _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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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;...
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I SENT YOU TO REAP,.... To preach the Gospel, and gather in souls by
your ministry; referring to the mission of them in
Matthew 10:6;
THAT WHEREON YE BESTOWED NO LABOUR; being sent to the Jews, who...
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I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men
laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
Ver. 38. _Other men have laboured_] Laboured even to lassitude, as
the word κεκοπιακα...
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_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...
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I SENT YOU; spoken in anticipation of the mission of his apostles,
when he should have finished his work on earth.
OTHER MEN LABORED; spoken of all the preparation made by Christ and
holy men before...
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The harvest in the kingdom of God:...
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I SENT YOU TO REAP THAT WHEREON YE BESTOWED NO LABOR; OTHER MEN
LABORED, AND YE ARE ENTERED INTO THEIR LABORS.
In the meantime, between the woman's leaving the well and the men's
coming from the city,...
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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...
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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...
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I have sent you to reap that which you did not first labour for; the
prophets, and John the Baptist, and myself, have sown the seed, and by
their doctrine prepared for the Lord a people; you enter upo...
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A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity
who testified what things he had seen and heard; who "came not to do
His own will, but rather to do the will of the Father,"[172]...
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John 4:38 I G1473 sent G649 (G5656) you G5209 reap G2325 (G5721) which
G3739 you G5210 have...
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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...
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‘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...
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John 4:38. I SENT YOU TO REAP THAT WHEREON YE HAVE NOT TOILED: OTHERS
HAVE TOILED, AND YE HAVE ENTERED INTO THEIR TOIL. The disciples are
the reapers of this harvest; their commission including, howev...
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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...
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I SENT
(εγω απεστειλα). Emphatic use of εγω and first aorist
active indicative of αποστελλω common in John for to
send.WHEREON YE HAVE NOT LABOURED
(ο ουχ υμεις κεκοπιακατε). Perfect active
indic...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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I HAVE SENT YOU. Jesus speaks of some point in the past. The disciples
had baptized huge crowds John 4:1), so huge that John the Baptist's
disciples had said, "everyone is going to him" (John 3:26). T...
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_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.
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_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;...
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_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...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 4:37 The OTHERS who have labored are Jesus and his
predecessors, especially John the Baptist and his followers. In a
broader sense this includes all the OT writers and prophets. Jesu...
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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...
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. _have sent_, &c. I _have sent_, _i.e._, I have desired and
determined to send. An inchoate and destined, not a completed, action
is signified. The Prophets, and teachers of the Law, and such as they...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 1:11; 1 Peter 1:12; 2 Chronicles 36:15; Acts 10:37; Acts 10:3
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I sent [ε γ ω α π ε σ τ ε ι λ α]. The I is emphatic. The
aorist tense points back to the mission of the disciples as involved
in their original call. Other men. Jesus himself and all who had
prepared...
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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...
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I — he Lord of the whole harvest, have sent you — He had employed
them already in baptizing, John 4:2....