A. D. 30. JOHN IV. 5-10. A. D. 30. λεγομένην Συχὰρ, πλησίον τοῦ χωρίου ὃ | man of Samaria ? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. ἔδωκεν Ἰακὼς Ἰωσὴφ τῷ υἱῷ αὑτοῦ. Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to a the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. * And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. And he erected there an altar, and called it El-eloheIsrael, Gen. xxxiii. 18-20. Moreover, I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow, xlviii. 22. a See on Matt. x. ver. 5. clause 3. ̓Απεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· Εἰ ᾔδεις τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ λέγων σοι· Δός μοι πιεῖν· σὺ ἂν ᾔτησας αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔδωκεν ἂν σοι ὕδωρ ζῶν. Jesus answered and said unto her, alf thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. a For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life, John iii. 16. I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles, Isa. xlii. 6. He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Rom. viii. 32. Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift, 2 Cor. ix. 15. b The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I 26. Jesus heard that they had cast that speak unto thee am he, ver. 25, him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him, ix. 35-38. C But whosoever drinketh of thewater that I shall give him, shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life, ver. 14. In the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him A. D. 30. JOHN IV. 10-14. A. D. 30. should receive: for the Holy Ghost | μα ἔχεις, καὶ τὸ φρέας ἐστὶ βαθύ· πόθεν was not yet given; because that Je-ov EXES TO üdwp To (v. sus was not yet glorified), vii. 37-39. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life in thy light shall we see light, Psal. xxxvi. 8, 9. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation, Isa. xii. 3. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water, xli. 17, 18. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, lv. 1. For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water, Jer. ii. 13. And it shall be in that day, that living wa· ters shall go out from Jerusalem ; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea in summer and in winter shall it be, Zech. xiv. 8. And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ, 1 Cor. x. 4. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, Rev. vii. 17. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely, xxi. 6. And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, xxii. 1. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come, and let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely, ver. 17. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Ὃς δ ̓ ἂν πίῃ ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος οὗ ἐγὼ δώσω αὐτῷ, οὐ μὴ διψήσῃ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· ἀλλὰ τὸ ὕδωρ ὃ δώσω αὐτῷ γενήσεται ἐν αὐτῷ πηγη ὕδατος ἁλλομένου εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον. But a whosoever drinketh of the wathirst; but the water that I shall give ter that I shall give him, shall never him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. a And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst, John vi. 35. Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heri tages; That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them, Isa. xlix. 8-10. Λέγει αὐτῷ ἡ γυνή· Κύριε, οὔτε ἄντλη- They shall hunger no more, neither VER, 11. thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them nor any heat, Rev. vii. 16. b He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified), John vii. 38, 39. And 1 will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you, xiv. 16, 17. Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts, 2 Cor. i. 21, 22. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word oftruth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory, Eph. i. 13, 14. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption, iv. 30. VER. 15. Λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡ γυνή Κύριε, δός μοι τοῦτο τὸ ὕδωρ, ἵνα μὴ διψῶ, μηδὲ ἔρχων μαι ἐνθάδε ἀντλεῖν. a The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. aBut the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned, 1 Cor. ii. 14. VER. 16. Λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ὕπαγε, φώνησον τὸν ἄνδρα σου, καὶ ἐλθὲ ἐνθάδε. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. VER. 17. ̓Απεκρίθη ἡ γυνὴ, καὶ εἶπεν· Οὐκ ἔχω ἄνδρα. Λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Καλῶς εἶπας· Οτι ἄνδρα οὐκ ἔχω. The woman answered and said, I have VOL. II. A. D. 30. a For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thine husband: in that saidst thou truly. a See on Matt. ix. ver. 4. clause 1. Λέγει αὐτῷ ἡ γυνή Κύριε, θεωρῶ ὅτι gohrns el σú. The woman saith unto him, a Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. had bidden him saw it, he spake aNow when the Pharisee which within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of a woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner, Luke vii. 39. b Then those men, when they had This is of a truth that prophet that seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, should come into the world, John vi. 14. Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of See also on Matt. v. ver. 22. clause 1. a truth this is the Prophet, vii. 40. VER. 20. εκύνησαν· καὶ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι ἐν Ἱεροσο Οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἐν τούτῳ τῷ ὄρει προσλύμοις ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος, ὅπου δεῖ προσκυνεῖν. a Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. land unto the place of Sichem, unto a And Abram passed through the the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him, Gen. xii. 6, 7. And Jacob came to Shalem a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. And he bought a parcel of a feld, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's R father, for an hundred pieces of money. And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel, xxxiii. 18-20. And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me : I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually, 1 Kings ix. 3. Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel, 1 Chron. xxii. 1. But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel, 2 Chron. vi. 6. And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice, vii. 12. For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually, 16. His foundation is in the holy mountains. The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah, Psal. lxxxvii. 1-3. For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it, cxxxii. 13, 14. VER. 21. Λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς. Γύναι, πίστευσόν μοι, ὅτι ἔρχεται ὥρα, ὅτε οὔτε ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, οὔτε ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις προσκυνήσετε τῷ πατρί. me, Jesus saith unto her, a Woman, believe the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father. A. D. 30. them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and So they feared the Lonp, and made Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. They feared the LORD, and served their own gods after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. Unto this a See on Matt. viii. ver. 11. clause 1. day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do ordinances, or after the law and com they after their statutes, or after their mandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel, 2 Kings xvii, 24-34. b Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee, Isa. xii. 6. I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and will a Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek the early, Isa. xxvi. 8,9. To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word, lxvi. 2. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted, Luke xviii. 13, 14. b For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers, Rom. i. 9. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered, viii. 26. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints, Eph. vi. 18. For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, Phil. iii. 3. But ye, beloved, building up your selves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Jude 20. A. D. 30. Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you, 1 Sam. xii. 24. The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth, Psal. cxlv. 18. that fear him, in those that hope in his d The LORD taketh pleasure in them fice of the wicked is an abomination mercy, Psal. cxlvii. 11. The sacrito the LonD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight, Prov. xv. 8. Wherefore the LORD said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid, Isa. xxix. 13, 14. I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting, 1 Tim. ii. 8. a Who is the image of the invisible God, the first born of every creature, Col. i. 15. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever, Amen. 1 Tim. i. 17. : b But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart, 1 Sam. xvi. 7. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise, Psal. li. 17. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the LORD will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer, lxvi. 18, 19 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, |