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Book of John
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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.
FOOTNOTES: 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.

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.