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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] The Pharisees F57 heard that Jesus was making and baptizing F58 more followers 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] (But really Jesus himself did not baptize people. His followers baptized people for him.) Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard about him.
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 Jesus left Judea and went back 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] On the way to Galilee Jesus had to go through the country of Samaria.
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] In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar. This town is near the field 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. Jesus was tired from his long trip. So Jesus sat down beside the well. It was about noon.
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] A Samaritan F59 woman came to that well to get some water. Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink of water."
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] (This happened while Jesus' followers went to town 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 Samaritan F60 woman answered, "I am surprised that you ask me for a drink! You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman!" (Jews are not friends with Samaritans. F61 )
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 answered, "You don't know about the thing God gives. And you don't know who I am that asked you for a drink. If you knew these things, you would have asked me and I would have given 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] The woman said, "Sir, where will you get that living water? The well is very deep, and you have nothing to get water with.
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] Are you greater than Jacob F62 our father F63 ? Jacob is the one that gave us this well. He drank from it himself. Also, his sons and all his animals drank water from this well."
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 answered, "Every person that drinks this water will be thirsty again.
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 person that drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. That water I give will become like a spring of water flowing inside that person. That water will bring that person life forever."
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] The woman said to Jesus, "Sir, give me this water. Then I will never be thirsty again. And I will not have to come back here to get more 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] Jesus told her, "Go get your husband and come back here."
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] The woman answered, "But I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right to say you have no husband.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:18 JFB -> Commentary on 4:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:18 PNT -> Commentary on 4:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:18 TFG -> Commentary on 4:18 TSK -> Commentary on 4:18 TSK -> Entry for 4:18 WEN -> Notes on 4:18 NTB -> Adultery; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Samaria; Shechem; Sin EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:18 4:18 - [In Context] Really you have had five husbands. But the man you live with now is not your husband. You told me the truth."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:19 JFB -> Commentary on 4:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:19 PNT -> Commentary on 4:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:19 TFG -> Commentary on 4:19 TSK -> Commentary on 4:19 TSK -> Entry for 4:19 WEN -> Notes on 4:19 NTB -> Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Samaria; Shechem; Sin EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:19 4:19 - [In Context] The woman said, "Sir, I can see that you are a prophet. F64
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:20 JFB -> Commentary on 4:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:20 PNT -> Commentary on 4:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:20 TFG -> Commentary on 4:20 TSK -> Commentary on 4:20 TSK -> Entry for 4:20 WEN -> Notes on 4:20 NTB -> Gerizim; Jacob; Jerusalem; Jesus, The Christ; Law; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Compassion and Sympathy; Samaria, Modern EBD -> Gerizim; Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:20 4:20 - [In Context] Our fathers worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where people must worship."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:21 JFB -> Commentary on 4:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:21 PNT -> Commentary on 4:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:21 TFG -> Commentary on 4:21 TSK -> Commentary on 4:21 TSK -> Entry for 4:21 WEN -> Notes on 4:21 NTB -> God; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Law; Samaria; Shechem EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:21 4:21 - [In Context] Jesus said, "Believe me, woman! The time is coming when you will not have to be in Jerusalem or on that mountain to worship the Father (God).
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:22 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:22 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:22 JFB -> Commentary on 4:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:22 PNT -> Commentary on 4:22 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:22 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:22 TFG -> Commentary on 4:22 TSK -> Commentary on 4:22 TSK -> Entry for 4:22 WEN -> Notes on 4:22 NTB -> Blindness; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Law; Salvation; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Jews, The; Prayer; Samaria, Modern EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:22 4:22 - [In Context] You Samaritans F65 worship something that you don't understand. We Jews understand what we worship. Salvation comes from the Jews.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:23 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:23 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:23 JFB -> Commentary on 4:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:23 PNT -> Commentary on 4:23 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:23 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:23 TFG -> Commentary on 4:23 TSK -> Commentary on 4:23 TSK -> Entry for 4:23 WEN -> Notes on 4:23 NTB -> God; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Law; Prayer; Samaria; Shechem; Worship TTT -> Prayer; Sincerity EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well TV -> Devotional using 4:23 WJD -> Devotional using 4:23 TV -> Devotional using 4:23 4:23 - [In Context] The time is coming when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. That time is now here. And those are the kind of people the Father wants to be his worshipers.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:24 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:24 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:24 JFB -> Commentary on 4:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:24 PNT -> Commentary on 4:24 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:24 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:24 TFG -> Commentary on 4:24 TSK -> Commentary on 4:24 TSK -> Entry for 4:24 WEN -> Notes on 4:24 NTB -> God (continued); Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Law; Man; Prayer; Samaria; Shechem; Truth; Worship TTT -> God; Prayer; Sincerity; Truth EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well; Jehovah TV -> Devotional using 4:24 TV -> Devotional using 4:24 TV -> Devotional using 4:24 TV -> Devotional using 4:24 TV -> Devotional using 4:24 TV -> Devotional using 4:24 WJD -> Devotional using 4:24 TV -> Devotional using 4:24 TV -> Devotional using 4:24 4:24 - [In Context] God is spirit. So the people that worship God must worship in spirit and truth."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:25 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:25 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:25 JFB -> Commentary on 4:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:25 PNT -> Commentary on 4:25 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:25 TFG -> Commentary on 4:25 TSK -> Commentary on 4:25 TSK -> Entry for 4:25 WEN -> Notes on 4:25 NTB -> Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Samaria, Modern EBD -> Messiah; Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well; Messiah; Messias WJD -> Devotional using 4:25 4:25 - [In Context] The woman said, "I know that the Messiah is coming." (Messiah is the One called Christ. F66 ) "When the Messiah comes, he will explain everything to us."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:26 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:26 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:26 JFB -> Commentary on 4:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:26 PNT -> Commentary on 4:26 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:26 TFG -> Commentary on 4:26 TSK -> Commentary on 4:26 TSK -> Entry for 4:26 WEN -> Notes on 4:26 NTB -> Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Samaria; Shechem EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Jacobs Well WJD -> Devotional using 4:26 4:26 - [In Context] Then Jesus said, "That person is talking to you now. I am {the Messiah}."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:27 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:27 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:27 JFB -> Commentary on 4:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:27 PNT -> Commentary on 4:27 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:27 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:27 TFG -> Commentary on 4:27 TSK -> Commentary on 4:27 TSK -> Entry for 4:27 WEN -> Notes on 4:27 NTB -> Bigotry; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem EBD -> Samaritans WJD -> Devotional using 4:27 4:27 - [In Context] At that time Jesus' followers came back from town. They were surprised because they saw Jesus talking with a woman. But none of them asked, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:28 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:28 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:28 JFB -> Commentary on 4:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:28 PNT -> Commentary on 4:28 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:28 TFG -> Commentary on 4:28 TSK -> Commentary on 4:28 TSK -> Entry for 4:28 WEN -> Notes on 4:28 NTB -> Converts; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Samaria; Shechem; Testimony EBD -> Samaritans WJD -> Devotional using 4:28 4:28 - [In Context] Then the woman left her water jar and went back to town. She told the people in town,
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:29 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:29 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:29 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:29 JFB -> Commentary on 4:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:29 PNT -> Commentary on 4:29 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:29 TFG -> Commentary on 4:29 TSK -> Commentary on 4:29 TSK -> Entry for 4:29 WEN -> Notes on 4:29 NTB -> Converts; Faith; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Samaria; Shechem; Testimony TTT -> Missionaries, all Christians should be as; Samaria, Modern EBD -> Samaritans WJD -> Devotional using 4:29 4:29 - [In Context] "A man told me everything I have ever done. Come see him. Maybe he is the Christ. F67 "
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:30 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:30 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:30 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:30 JFB -> Commentary on 4:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:30 PNT -> Commentary on 4:30 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:30 TSK -> Commentary on 4:30 TSK -> Entry for 4:30 WEN -> Notes on 4:30 NTB -> Converts; Jacob; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem; Testimony EBD -> Samaritans WJD -> Devotional using 4:30 4:30 - [In Context] So the people left the town and went to see Jesus.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:31 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:31 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:31 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:31 JFB -> Commentary on 4:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:31 PNT -> Commentary on 4:31 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:31 TFG -> Commentary on 4:31 TSK -> Commentary on 4:31 TSK -> Entry for 4:31 WEN -> Notes on 4:31 NTB -> Converts; Jesus, The Christ; Rabbi; Samaria; Shechem EBD -> Samaritans SBD -> Rabbi WJD -> Devotional using 4:31 4:31 - [In Context] While the woman was in town, Jesus' followers were begging him, "Teacher, eat something!"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:32 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:32 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:32 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:32 JFB -> Commentary on 4:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:32 PNT -> Commentary on 4:32 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:32 TSK -> Commentary on 4:32 TSK -> Entry for 4:32 WEN -> Notes on 4:32 NTB -> Apostles; Converts; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Obedience; Samaria; Shechem EBD -> Samaritans WJD -> Devotional using 4:32 4:32 - [In Context] But Jesus answered, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:33 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:33 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:33 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:33 JFB -> Commentary on 4:33 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:33 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:33 PNT -> Commentary on 4:33 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:33 TFG -> Commentary on 4:33 TSK -> Commentary on 4:33 TSK -> Entry for 4:33 WEN -> Notes on 4:33 NTB -> Apostles; Converts; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem EBD -> Samaritans WJD -> Devotional using 4:33 4:33 - [In Context] So the followers asked themselves, "Did somebody already bring Jesus some food?"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:34 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:34 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:34 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:34 JFB -> Commentary on 4:34 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:34 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:34 PNT -> Commentary on 4:34 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:34 TFG -> Commentary on 4:34 TSK -> Commentary on 4:34 TSK -> Entry for 4:34 WEN -> Notes on 4:34 NTB -> Converts; Duty; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Obedience; Samaria; Shechem; Will; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Christ, Character of; Devotedness to God; Selfishness EBD -> Samaritans WJD -> Devotional using 4:34 4:34 - [In Context] Jesus said, "My food is to do what the One (God) who sent me wants me to do. My food is to finish the work that he gave me to do.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:35 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:35 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:35 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:35 JFB -> Commentary on 4:35 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:35 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:35 PNT -> Commentary on 4:35 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:35 TFG -> Commentary on 4:35 TSK -> Commentary on 4:35 TSK -> Entry for 4:35 WEN -> Notes on 4:35 NTB -> Converts; Jesus, The Christ; Minister, Christian; Samaria; Shechem; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Harvest, The EBD -> Harvest; Samaritans WJD -> Devotional using 4:35 WJD -> Devotional using 4:35 4:35 - [In Context] {When you plant} you always say, 'Four more months to wait before we gather the grain.' But I tell you, open your eyes. Look at the {people. They are like} fields ready for harvesting now.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:36 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:36 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:36 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:36 JFB -> Commentary on 4:36 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:36 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:36 PNT -> Commentary on 4:36 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:36 TFG -> Commentary on 4:36 TSK -> Commentary on 4:36 TSK -> Entry for 4:36 WEN -> Notes on 4:36 NTB -> Converts; Jesus, The Christ; Minister, Christian; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Fruits; Reaping EBD -> Samaritans WJD -> Devotional using 4:36 WJD -> Devotional using 4:36 4:36 - [In Context] Even now, the person that harvests the crop is being paid. He is gathering crops for eternal life. So now the person that plants can be happy together with the person that harvests.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:37 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:37 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:37 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:37 JFB -> Commentary on 4:37 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:37 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:37 PNT -> Commentary on 4:37 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:37 TFG -> Commentary on 4:37 TSK -> Commentary on 4:37 TSK -> Entry for 4:37 WEN -> Notes on 4:37 NTB -> Converts; Jesus, The Christ; Minister, Christian; Samaria; Shechem EBD -> Samaritans WJD -> Devotional using 4:37 WJD -> Devotional using 4:37 4:37 - [In Context] It is true when we say, 'One person plants, but another person harvests the crop.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:38 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:38 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:38 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:38 JFB -> Commentary on 4:38 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:38 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:38 PNT -> Commentary on 4:38 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:38 TFG -> Commentary on 4:38 TSK -> Commentary on 4:38 TSK -> Entry for 4:38 WEN -> Notes on 4:38 NTB -> Converts; Jesus, The Christ; Minister, Christian; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Reaping EBD -> Samaritans WJD -> Devotional using 4:38 WJD -> Devotional using 4:38 4:38 - [In Context] I sent you to harvest a crop that you did not work for. Other people did the work, and you get the profit from their work."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:39 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:39 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:39 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:39 JFB -> Commentary on 4:39 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:39 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:39 PNT -> Commentary on 4:39 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:39 TFG -> Commentary on 4:39 TSK -> Commentary on 4:39 TSK -> Entry for 4:39 WEN -> Notes on 4:39 NTB -> Converts; Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem; Testimony TTT -> Faith; Samaria, Modern EBD -> Samaritans; Shechem WJD -> Devotional using 4:39 WJD -> Devotional using 4:39 4:39 - [In Context] Many of the Samaritan F68 people in that town believed in Jesus. They believed because of what the woman had told them about Jesus. She had told them, "He (Jesus) told me everything I have ever done."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:40 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:40 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:40 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:40 JFB -> Commentary on 4:40 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:40 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:40 PNT -> Commentary on 4:40 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:40 TFG -> Commentary on 4:40 TSK -> Commentary on 4:40 TSK -> Entry for 4:40 WEN -> Notes on 4:40 NTB -> Converts; Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem TTT -> Hospitality; Samaria, Modern EBD -> Samaritans; Shechem WJD -> Devotional using 4:40 WJD -> Devotional using 4:40 4:40 - [In Context] The Samaritans went to Jesus. They begged Jesus to stay with them. So Jesus stayed there two days.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:41 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:41 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:41 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:41 JFB -> Commentary on 4:41 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:41 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:41 PNT -> Commentary on 4:41 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:41 TSK -> Commentary on 4:41 TSK -> Entry for 4:41 WEN -> Notes on 4:41 NTB -> Converts; Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Samaria; Shechem; Testimony TTT -> Samaria, Modern EBD -> Samaritans; Shechem WJD -> Devotional using 4:41 WJD -> Devotional using 4:41 4:41 - [In Context] Many more people believed because of the things Jesus said.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:42 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:42 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:42 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:42 JFB -> Commentary on 4:42 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:42 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:42 PNT -> Commentary on 4:42 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:42 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:42 TFG -> Commentary on 4:42 TSK -> Commentary on 4:42 TSK -> Entry for 4:42 WEN -> Notes on 4:42 NTB -> Converts; Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Samaria; Shechem; Testimony TTT -> Samaria, Modern EBD -> Samaritans; Shechem WJD -> Devotional using 4:42 WJD -> Devotional using 4:42 4:42 - [In Context] The people said to the woman, "First we believed in Jesus because of what you told us. But now we believe because we heard him ourselves. We know now that he really is the one that will save the world."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:43 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:43 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:43 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:43 JFB -> Commentary on 4:43 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:43 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:43 PNT -> Commentary on 4:43 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:43 TFG -> Commentary on 4:43 TSK -> Commentary on 4:43 TSK -> Entry for 4:43 WEN -> Notes on 4:43 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Roads WJD -> Devotional using 4:43 WJD -> Devotional using 4:43 4:43 - [In Context] Two days later Jesus left and went to Galilee.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:44 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:44 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:44 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:44 JFB -> Commentary on 4:44 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:44 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:44 PNT -> Commentary on 4:44 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:44 TFG -> Commentary on 4:44 TSK -> Commentary on 4:44 TSK -> Entry for 4:44 WEN -> Notes on 4:44 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Minister, Christian; Prophets WJD -> Devotional using 4:44 WJD -> Devotional using 4:44 4:44 - [In Context] (Jesus had said before that a prophet F69 is not respected in his own country.)
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:45 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:45 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:45 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:45 JFB -> Commentary on 4:45 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:45 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:45 PNT -> Commentary on 4:45 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:45 TFG -> Commentary on 4:45 TSK -> Commentary on 4:45 TSK -> Entry for 4:45 WEN -> Notes on 4:45 NTB -> Feasts; Galilee; Jesus, The Christ TTT -> Galilee; Jerusalem WJD -> Devotional using 4:45 WJD -> Devotional using 4:45 4:45 - [In Context] When Jesus arrived in Galilee, the people there welcomed him. These people had seen all the things Jesus did at the {Passover F70 } festival in Jerusalem. These people had been at the festival too.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:46 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:46 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:46 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:46 JFB -> Commentary on 4:46 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:46 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:46 PNT -> Commentary on 4:46 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:46 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:46 TFG -> Commentary on 4:46 TSK -> Commentary on 4:46 TSK -> Entry for 4:46 WEN -> Notes on 4:46 NTB -> Cana; Capernaum; Children; Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Miracles; Nobleman TTT -> Miracles of Christ, The; Parents EBD -> Cana SBD -> Cana WJD -> Devotional using 4:46 WJD -> Devotional using 4:46 4:46 - [In Context] Jesus went to visit Cana in Galilee again. Cana is where Jesus had changed the water into wine. One of the king's important officials lived in the city of Capernaum. This man's son was sick.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:47 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:47 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:47 JFB -> Commentary on 4:47 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:47 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:47 PNT -> Commentary on 4:47 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:47 TFG -> Commentary on 4:47 TSK -> Commentary on 4:47 TSK -> Entry for 4:47 WEN -> Notes on 4:47 NTB -> Cana; Capernaum; Children; Faith; Intercession; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Judea; Miracles; Nobleman TTT -> Miracles of Christ, The WJD -> Devotional using 4:47 WJD -> Devotional using 4:47 4:47 - [In Context] The man heard that Jesus had come from Judea and was now in Galilee. So the man went to Jesus {in Cana}. He begged Jesus to come to Capernaum and heal his son. His son was almost dead.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:48 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:48 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:48 JFB -> Commentary on 4:48 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:48 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:48 PNT -> Commentary on 4:48 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:48 TFG -> Commentary on 4:48 TSK -> Commentary on 4:48 TSK -> Entry for 4:48 WEN -> Notes on 4:48 NTB -> Capernaum; Children; Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Miracles; Nobleman; Sign; Unbelief TTT -> Miracles; Miracles of Christ, The SPG -> Devotional using 4:48 WJD -> Devotional using 4:48 WJD -> Devotional using 4:48 4:48 - [In Context] Jesus said to him, "You people must see miracles F71 and wonderful works before you will believe in me."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:49 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:49 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:49 JFB -> Commentary on 4:49 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:49 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:49 PNT -> Commentary on 4:49 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:49 TFG -> Commentary on 4:49 TSK -> Commentary on 4:49 TSK -> Entry for 4:49 WEN -> Notes on 4:49 NTB -> Capernaum; Children; Faith; Intercession; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Miracles; Nobleman; Parents TTT -> Miracles of Christ, The; Parents EBD -> Nobleman WJD -> Devotional using 4:49 WJD -> Devotional using 4:49 4:49 - [In Context] The king's official said, "Sir, come {to my house} before my little son dies."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:50 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:50 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:50 JFB -> Commentary on 4:50 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:50 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:50 PNT -> Commentary on 4:50 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:50 TFG -> Commentary on 4:50 TSK -> Commentary on 4:50 TSK -> Entry for 4:50 WEN -> Notes on 4:50 NTB -> Capernaum; Children; Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Miracles; Nobleman; Prayer TTT -> Miracles of Christ, The WJD -> Devotional using 4:50 WJD -> Devotional using 4:50 4:50 - [In Context] Jesus answered, "Go. Your son will live." The man believed what Jesus told him and went home.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:51 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:51 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:51 JFB -> Commentary on 4:51 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:51 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:51 PNT -> Commentary on 4:51 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:51 TSK -> Commentary on 4:51 TSK -> Entry for 4:51 WEN -> Notes on 4:51 NTB -> Capernaum; Children; Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Miracles; Nobleman; Prayer TTT -> Miracles of Christ, The WJD -> Devotional using 4:51 WJD -> Devotional using 4:51 4:51 - [In Context] On the way home the man's servants came and met him. They told him, "Your son is well."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:52 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:52 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:52 JFB -> Commentary on 4:52 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:52 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:52 PNT -> Commentary on 4:52 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:52 TFG -> Commentary on 4:52 WEN -> Notes on 4:52 NTB -> Capernaum; Children; Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Miracles; Nobleman TTT -> Miracles of Christ, The EBD -> Fever WJD -> Devotional using 4:52 WJD -> Devotional using 4:52 4:52 - [In Context] The man asked, "What time did my son begin to get well?" The servants answered, "It was about one o'clock yesterday when the fever left him."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:53 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:53 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:53 JFB -> Commentary on 4:53 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:53 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:53 PNT -> Commentary on 4:53 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:53 TFG -> Commentary on 4:53 TSK -> Commentary on 4:53 TSK -> Entry for 4:53 NTB -> Capernaum; Children; Faith; Galilee; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Miracles; Nobleman; Thankfulness TTT -> Miracles of Christ, The WJD -> Devotional using 4:53 WJD -> Devotional using 4:53 4:53 - [In Context] The father knew that one o'clock was the same time that Jesus had said, "Your son will live." So the man and all the people in his home believed in Jesus.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:54 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:54 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:54 JFB -> Commentary on 4:54 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:54 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:54 PNT -> Commentary on 4:54 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:54 TFG -> Commentary on 4:54 TSK -> Commentary on 4:54 TSK -> Entry for 4:54 NTB -> Children; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Judea; Miracles SBD -> Cana WJD -> Devotional using 4:54 WJD -> Devotional using 4:54 4:54 - [In Context] That was the second miracle F72 that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee.
FOOTNOTES: F57: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F58: baptize(d), baptizing   Greek word meaning to immerse, dip, or bury a person or thing briefly under water. F59: Samaritan(s)   From Samaria. Samaritans were part Jewish, but some Jews did not accept them as pure Jews. F60: Samaritan(s)   From Samaria. Samaritans were part Jewish, but some Jews did not accept them as pure Jews. F61: Jews are not friends with Samaritans   Or, "Jews don't use things that Samaritans have used." F62: Jacob   Father of twelve sons from whom the twelve family groups of Israel descended. F63: father(s)   Important ancestors of the Jews, especially the leaders of the twelve Jewish family groups. F64: prophet   A person that spoke for God. Prophets could tell things that most people could not know. F65: Samaritan(s)   From Samaria. Samaritans were part Jewish, but some Jews did not accept them as pure Jews. F66: Christ   The "anointed one" (Messiah) or chosen one of God. F67: Christ   The "anointed one" (Messiah) or chosen one of God. F68: Samaritan(s)   From Samaria. Samaritans were part Jewish, but some Jews did not accept them as pure Jews. F69: prophet   A person that spoke for God. F70: Passover   An important Jewish holy day. The Jews ate a special meal on this day every year to remember that God freed them from slavery in Egypt in the time of Moses. F71: miracle(s)   Miracles are amazing works done by God's power. F72: miracle(s)   Miracles are amazing works done by God's power.

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; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; 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: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.