John 4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:16

Jesus saith unto her ,.... Observing that she continued an ignorant scoffer at him, and his words, determined to take another method with her; and convince her, that he was not a common and ordinary person she was conversing with, as she took him to be; and also what a sinner she was, and what a vicious course of life she had lived; so that she might see that she stood in need of him, as the gift of God, and Saviour of men; and of the grace he had been speaking of, under the notion of living... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:17

The woman answered and said, I have no husband ,.... Which was a truth she would not have spoke at another time and place, or to any of her neighbours; but Christ being a stranger, and no odium incurring upon her by it; and this serving a purpose to excuse her going to call him, she declares the truth of the matter: Jesus said unto her, thou hast well said, I have no husband ; this is the truth, it is really fact, and is the true state of the case, between thee and him, who goes for thy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:18

For thou hast had five husbands ,.... Which she either had had lawfully, and had buried one after another; and which was no crime, and might be: the Sadducees propose a case to Christ, in which a woman is said to have had seven husbands successively, in a lawful manner, Matthew 22:25 . Or rather, she had had so many, and had been divorced from everyone of them, for adultery; for no other cause it should seem did the Samaritans divorce; seeing that they only received the law of Moses, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:19

The woman saith unto him, Sir ,.... With another countenance, and a different air and gesture, with another accent and tone of speech, dropping her scoffs and jeers: I perceive that thou art a prophet ; such an one as Samuel was, who could tell Saul what was in his heart, and that his father's asses were found, and where they were, 1 Samuel 9:19 ; and as Elisha, whose heart went with his servant Gehazi, when Naaman turned to him to meet him, and give him presents; and who could tell,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:20

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain ,.... Mount Gerizim, which was just by, and within sight; so that the woman could point to it; it was so near to Shechem, or Sychar, that Jotham's voice was heard from the top of it thither, Judges 9:6 . By the "fathers", this woman claims as theirs, are meant, not the immediate ancestors of the Samaritans, or those only of some few generations past; but the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whose descendants they would be thought to be; and they... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:21

Jesus saith unto her, woman, believe me ,.... In what I am now going to say, since you own me to be a prophet: the hour cometh ; the time is at hand; it is very near; it is just coming: when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem , worship the Father ; that is, God, whom the Jews, and so the Samaritans, knew under the character of the Father of all men, as the Creator and preserver of them; for not God as the Father of Christ, or of the saints by adopting grace,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:22

Ye worship ye know not what ,.... However, as to her question, he more directly replies by condemning the Samaritans, and their ignorance in worship, and by approving the Jews; and so manifestly gives the preference to the Jews, not only with respect to the place, and object of worship, but with respect to knowledge and salvation. As for the Samaritans, he suggests, that they were ignorant, not only of the true object of worship, but knew not what they themselves worshipped; or, at least,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:23

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers ,.... The worshippers of the true God, and who worship in a right manner, whether Jews or Samaritans, or of whatsoever nation: shall worship the Father ; the one true God, the Father of spirits, and of all flesh living: in spirit ; in opposition to all carnal conceptions of him, as if he was a corporeal being, or circumscribed in some certain place, dwelling in temples made with hands, or was to be worshipped with men's... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:24

God is a spirit ,.... Or "the Spirit is God"; a divine person, possessed of all divine perfections, as appears from his names, works, and worship ascribed unto him; See Gill on John 4:23 ; though the Arabic and Persic versions, and others, read as we do, "God is a spirit"; that is, God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: for taking the words in this light, not one of the persons is to be understood exclusive of the other; for this description, or definition, agrees with each of them, and they... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:25

The woman saith unto him ,.... Not knowing well what to say to these things Christ had been discoursing about, as the place, object, and manner of worship; and being undetermined in her judgment of them, by what he had said, was willing to refer them to the Messiah's coming; of which she, and the Samaritans, had some knowledge, I know that Messias cometh which is called Christ : the last clause, "which is called Christ", are not the words of the woman explaining the Hebrew word Messiah;... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:25

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