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story of Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well, begins by setting the stage for what will take place later in Samaria, and is rooted in what has already, by this time in the Gospel’s progress, taken place in Judea. Jesus’ rapidly growing popularity resulted in a significant following. Jesus’ disciples
Why was the woman at the well a turning point for women, not only in Christianity but also in the world? Find this answer in this Bible story lesson about the Samaritan woman at the well.
- The Woman at The Well Argues with Jesus
- Jesus Journeys Through Samaria
- The Samaritan Woman Comes to The Well
- Jesus Offers The Water of Life
- Jesus Reveals He Is The Messiah
- The Woman Carries The Message of Jesus
- The Samaritans Believe in Jesus, Messiah
The Samaritan Woman
The Jewish attitude towards Samaritans is faithfully reflected in the New Testament, especially in Jesus’ controversial choice of a “good Samaritan” to attack over-pious Jewish practices (Luke 10:30-37). Matthew is hostile to Samaritans, Mark ignores them altogether, and Luke keeps his distance. John is more radical, as the story of Jesus and the Samaritan Woman shows. See The Samaritan Woman’s World.
John 4:1-6 1 Now when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again to Galilee. 4 He had to pass through Samar’ia. 5 So he came to a city of Samar’ia, called Sy’char, near the field that Jac...
John 4:7-27
7 There came a woman of Samar’ia to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samar’ia?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?” 13 Jesus said to her, “Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the w...
21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such t...
John 4: 28-42
28 So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city, and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” 30 They went out of the city and were coming to him. 31 Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” 33 So the disciples said to one another, “Has any one brought him food?” 34 Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of him who sent me, a...
39 Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony,“He told me all that I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word. 42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of your words that we believe, ...
1. What did Jesus and the Samaritan woman say to each other? 2. Jesus crossed racial prejudice lines when he spoke to a Samaritan, and he violated Jewish tradition when he spoke to a woman about spiritual things. Why did Jesus violate the customs of his people and go through Samaria, and talk with a Samaritan woman? 3.
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Mar 18, 2022 · But there’s an unspoken lesson from the Samaritan woman’s story that will inspire us even more. The Story of the Samaritan woman. In John 4:1-42, Jesus was alone at a well, after His disciples had gone into the city looking for food. And He asked the Samaritan woman who came to the well for a drink.
Jesus meets this Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well after a morning’s journey and disregards social custom by asking her for a drink. This boundary crossing between a Jew and a Samaritan sparks a conversation about their theological differences.
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New International Version. Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman. 4 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.
