Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of John
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:1 JFB -> Commentary on 4:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:1 PNT -> Commentary on 4:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:1 TFG -> Commentary on 4:1 TSK -> Commentary on 4:1 TSK -> Entry for 4:1 WEN -> Notes on 4:1 NTB -> Baptism; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Baptism; Galilee; Judea, Modern; Pharisees, The SBD -> John the Baptist; John, Gospel of WJD -> Devotional using 4:1 4:1 - [In Context] Jesus F21 learned that the Pharisees had heard, "Jesus is baptizing and making more disciples than John"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:2 JFB -> Commentary on 4:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:2 PNT -> Commentary on 4:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:2 TFG -> Commentary on 4:2 TSK -> Commentary on 4:2 TSK -> Entry for 4:2 WEN -> Notes on 4:2 NTB -> Baptism; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Baptism; Human Nature of Christ, The; Judea, Modern; Pharisees, The WJD -> Devotional using 4:2 4:2 - [In Context] (though Jesus himself didn't baptize them – his disciples did).
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:3 JFB -> Commentary on 4:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:3 PNT -> Commentary on 4:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:3 TFG -> Commentary on 4:3 TSK -> Commentary on 4:3 TSK -> Entry for 4:3 WEN -> Notes on 4:3 NTB -> Canaan; Galilee; Jesus, The Christ; Roads; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Galilee; Judea, Modern; Pharisees, The; Samaria, Modern EBD -> John, First Epistle of WJD -> Devotional using 4:3 4:3 - [In Context] So he left Judea to return to Galilee.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:4 JFB -> Commentary on 4:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:4 PNT -> Commentary on 4:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:4 TFG -> Commentary on 4:4 TSK -> Commentary on 4:4 TSK -> Entry for 4:4 WEN -> Notes on 4:4 NTB -> Canaan; Galilee; Jesus, The Christ; Roads; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Galilee; Samaria, Modern EBD -> Samaria SBD -> Samaria WJD -> Devotional using 4:4 4:4 - [In Context] He had to go through Samaria on the way.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:5 JFB -> Commentary on 4:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:5 PNT -> Commentary on 4:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:5 TFG -> Commentary on 4:5 TSK -> Commentary on 4:5 TSK -> Entry for 4:5 WEN -> Notes on 4:5 NTB -> Galilee; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Joseph; Roads; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Samaria, Modern EBD -> Burial; Jacob's Well; Samaritans; Shechem; Sychar SBD -> Jacob; Jacobs Well; Samaria; Shechem; Simon; Sychar WJD -> Devotional using 4:5 4:5 - [In Context] Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:6 JFB -> Commentary on 4:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:6 PNT -> Commentary on 4:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:6 TFG -> Commentary on 4:6 TSK -> Commentary on 4:6 TSK -> Entry for 4:6 WEN -> Notes on 4:6 NTB -> Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Samaria; Shechem; Wells TTT -> Diet of the Jews, The; Human Nature of Christ, The; Travellers; Wells EBD -> Jacob's Well; Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well; Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:6 4:6 - [In Context] Jacob's well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:7 JFB -> Commentary on 4:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:7 PNT -> Commentary on 4:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:7 TFG -> Commentary on 4:7 TSK -> Commentary on 4:7 TSK -> Entry for 4:7 WEN -> Notes on 4:7 NTB -> Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Human Nature of Christ, The; Wells; Woman EBD -> John, First Epistle of; Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:7 4:7 - [In Context] Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:8 JFB -> Commentary on 4:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:8 PNT -> Commentary on 4:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:8 TFG -> Commentary on 4:8 TSK -> Commentary on 4:8 TSK -> Entry for 4:8 WEN -> Notes on 4:8 NTB -> Hunger; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Diet of the Jews, The; Wells EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:8 4:8 - [In Context] He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:9 JFB -> Commentary on 4:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:9 PNT -> Commentary on 4:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:9 TFG -> Commentary on 4:9 TSK -> Commentary on 4:9 TSK -> Entry for 4:9 WEN -> Notes on 4:9 NTB -> Bigotry; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Jews, The; Samaria, Modern EBD -> Eating; Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:9 4:9 - [In Context] The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, "You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:10 JFB -> Commentary on 4:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:10 PNT -> Commentary on 4:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:10 TFG -> Commentary on 4:10 TSK -> Commentary on 4:10 TSK -> Entry for 4:10 WEN -> Notes on 4:10 NTB -> Blindness; Gifts From God; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Prayer; Regeneration; Samaria; Shechem; Water TTT -> Gifts of God, The; Prayer, Answers to EBD -> Gift; John, First Epistle of; Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:10 4:10 - [In Context] Jesus replied, "If you only knew the gift God has for you and who I am, you would ask me, and I would give you living water."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:11 JFB -> Commentary on 4:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:11 PNT -> Commentary on 4:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:11 TFG -> Commentary on 4:11 TSK -> Commentary on 4:11 TSK -> Entry for 4:11 WEN -> Notes on 4:11 NTB -> Blindness; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Wells EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well; Well UTM -> Devotional using 4:11 UTM -> Devotional using 4:11 WJD -> Devotional using 4:11 4:11 - [In Context] "But sir, you don't have a rope or a bucket," she said, "and this is a very deep well. Where would you get this living water?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:12 JFB -> Commentary on 4:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:12 PNT -> Commentary on 4:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:12 TFG -> Commentary on 4:12 TSK -> Commentary on 4:12 TSK -> Entry for 4:12 WEN -> Notes on 4:12 NTB -> Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Samaria, Modern EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Captivities of the Jews; Jacob; Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:12 4:12 - [In Context] And besides, are you greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his cattle enjoyed?"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:13 JFB -> Commentary on 4:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:13 PNT -> Commentary on 4:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:13 TFG -> Commentary on 4:13 TSK -> Commentary on 4:13 TSK -> Entry for 4:13 WEN -> Notes on 4:13 NTB -> Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:13 4:13 - [In Context] Jesus replied, "People soon become thirsty again after drinking this water.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:14 JFB -> Commentary on 4:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:14 PNT -> Commentary on 4:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:14 TFG -> Commentary on 4:14 TSK -> Commentary on 4:14 TSK -> Entry for 4:14 WEN -> Notes on 4:14 NTB -> Gospel; Holiness; Holy Spirit; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Regeneration; Righteous; Salvation; Samaria; Shechem; Thirst; Water; Wells TTT -> Emblems of the Holy Spirit, The; Fountains and Springs; Life, Eternal; Prayer, Answers to; Wells EBD -> John, First Epistle of; Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well UTM -> Devotional using 4:14 SPG -> Devotional using 4:14 TV -> Devotional using 4:14 TV -> Devotional using 4:14 WJD -> Devotional using 4:14 4:14 - [In Context] But the water I give them takes away thirst altogether. It becomes a perpetual spring within them, giving them eternal life."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:15 JFB -> Commentary on 4:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:15 PNT -> Commentary on 4:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:15 TFG -> Commentary on 4:15 TSK -> Commentary on 4:15 TSK -> Entry for 4:15 WEN -> Notes on 4:15 NTB -> Blindness; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem; Thirst EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:15 4:15 - [In Context] "Please, sir," the woman said, "give me some of that water! Then I'll never be thirsty again, and I won't have to come here to haul water."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:16 JFB -> Commentary on 4:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:16 PNT -> Commentary on 4:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:16 TFG -> Commentary on 4:16 TSK -> Commentary on 4:16 TSK -> Entry for 4:16 WEN -> Notes on 4:16 NTB -> Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Samaria; Shechem EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:16 4:16 - [In Context] "Go and get your husband," Jesus told her.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:17 JFB -> Commentary on 4:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:17 PNT -> Commentary on 4:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:17 WEN -> Notes on 4:17 NTB -> Adultery; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Samaria; Shechem; Sin EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:17 4:17 - [In Context] "I don't have a husband," the woman replied.Jesus said, "You're right! You don't have a husband –
FOOTNOTES: F21: Some manuscripts read The Lord.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.