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JOHN 4:35-36 qerismo,n) h;dh o` {B}
The word h;dh may be taken either as concluding ver. John 4:35 or as
beginning ver....
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Verse 35. _THERE ARE YET FOUR MONTHS, AND_ THEN _COMETH HARVEST?_] In
Palestine, the harvest did not begin till after the passover, which
was fixed on the 14th of the month Nisan, which answers to ou...
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SAY NOT YE - This seems to have been a proverb. Ye say - that is, men
say.
FOUR MONTHS AND ... - The common time from sowing the seed to the
harvest, in Judea, was about “four months.” The meaning of...
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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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SAY NOT YE, THERE ARE YET FOUR MONTHS, AND THEN COMETH HARVEST?
Harvest began about the middle of April in Palestine. The time when
the Savior spoke would then be about the middle of December. This
wo...
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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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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 presen...
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_Say not ye_ The pronoun is again emphatic.
_There are yet four months_, &c. This cannot be a proverb. No such
proverb is known; and a proverb on the subject would have to be
differently shaped; e.g....
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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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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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ἜΤΙ ΤΕΤΡΆΜ. Κ.Τ.Λ. This cannot be a proverb. No such
proverb is known; and a proverb on the subject would have to be
differently shaped; e.g. ‘From seedtime to harvest is four
months;’ ἔτι points to a...
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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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DISCOURSE: 1621
THE HAPPY STATE OF THE CHURCH
John 4:35. _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 a...
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SAY NOT YE, THERE ARE YET FOUR MONTHS, &C.— Whitby, Grotius, and
many others, understand this as if our Lord had said, "It is a
proverbial expression for the encouragement of husbandmen, that there
ar...
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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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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 F...
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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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FOUR MONTHS] Harvest began in April, so the date would be December,
a.d....
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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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SAY NOT YE, THERE ARE YET FOUR MONTHS. — The emphasis in this verse
should be laid upon “ye.” It follows immediately out of the
contrast between the natural and spiritual food. Every outer fact is
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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οὐχ ὑμεῖς λέγετε, etc. These words may either mean
“Are you not saying?” or “Do you not say?” that is, they may
either refer to an expression just used by the disciples, or to a
common proverb. If the...
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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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(5) 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.
(5) When the spiritual...
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_For they are white already to harvest. The great harvest of souls was
approaching, when Christ was come to teach men the way of salvation,
and was to send his apostles to convert all nations. They su...
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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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“ _Say ye not that there are yet four months_, _and the harvest
cometh. Behold I say unto you: Lift up your eyes, and look on the
fields, for they are white for the harvest._ 36. _Already even he that...
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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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_LOOK ON THE FIELDS_
‘Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white
already to harvest.’
John 4:35
‘Look on the fields.’ ‘Do you think,’ said the captain of the
ship in which Robert...
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35._Do you not say? _He follows out the preceding statement; for,
having said that nothing was more dear to him than _to finish the work
_of the Father, he now shows how _ripe _it is for execution; an...
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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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SAY NOT YE, THERE ARE YET FOUR MONTHS,.... Our Lord had been in
Jerusalem and Judea, about eight months from the last passover, and
there remained four more to the next passover:
AND THEN COMETH HARV...
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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.
Ver. 35. _Say not ye, There...
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_Say not ye, There are yet four months_, &c. Dr. Whitby, Grotius, and
many others, understand this, as if our Lord had said, It is a
proverbial expression for the encouragement of husbandmen, that the...
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SAY NOT YE; that is, when ye have committed your seed to the ground.
FOUR MONTHS; this was the usual period between seed-time and harvest.
LOOK ON THE FIELDS; the Samaritans, called by the woman, co...
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The harvest in the kingdom of God:...
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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....
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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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There was in those countries but four months space betwixt seed time
and harvest; yet they fed themselves (as soon as they had sown) with
the expectation of it. My harvest, saith our Saviour, is the g...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
For I have sent you forward to reap that whereon ye bestowed no
labour; other men have laboured, and ye have entered into their
labours."[334]...
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John 4:35 you G5210 not G3756 say G3004 (G5719) There G3754 are G2076
(G5748) still G2089 months...
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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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‘Jesus says to them, “My meat is to do the will of him who sent me
and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, ‘there are yet four
months and then comes the harvest'? Look, I tell you, lift up your
ey...
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John 4:35. SAY NOT YE, Has not your language this day been, THERE ARE
YET FOUR MONTHS, AND THEN COMETH THE HARVEST? As harvest began in the
middle of April it was now the middle of December.
LO! I SA...
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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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SAY NOT YE?
(Ουχ υμεις λεγετε;). It is not possible to tell whether
Jesus is alluding to a rural proverb of which nothing is known about
there being four months from seedtime to harvest (a longer t...
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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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YOU HAVE A SAYING. Harvest began about the middle of April in
Palestine. This would be in December as he says this. But he quotes a
"proverb." THE CROPS ARE NOW RIPE! As they look up, they see the cro...
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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 4:35 Jesus’ coming has already ushered in the
end-time harvest. A “crop” of believers is now being gathered into
God’s kingdom. The immediate reference may be to the Samaritans who
a...
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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...
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_Say not ye_, &c. From the metaphor of food He passes to the
allegorical harvest, from which are food and bread.
_Say not ye?_ That is, ye are wont often to say. From this it would
appear that the Apo...
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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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John 4:30; Luke 10:3; Matthew 9:37; Matthew 9:38...
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Say not ye. In what follows, Jesus is contrasting the natural harvest
- time with the spiritual, which was immediately to take place in the
ingathering of the Samaritans. Ye is emphatic, marking what...
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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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The fields are white already — As if he had said, The spiritual
harvest is ripe already. The Samaritans, ripe for the Gospel, covered
the ground round about them....
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Our blessed Saviour having, in the former verses, given. most plain
and evident demonstration of his fervent desire to bring souls home to
God, doth in these verses labour to stir up and kindle the li...