In this mountain (εν τω ορε τουτω). Jacob's Well is at the foot of Mount Gerizim toward which she pointed. Sanballat erected a tem…

Our fathers. The Samaritans; perhaps also suggesting that the patriarchs had done so as well. (Genesis 33:20).

Wors…

Our fathers worshipped.—She gives a sudden turn to the conversation. It is not that the question of worship is the all-engrossing …

I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain:

St. John Chrysostom: The woman is not offended by Christ’s rebuke. She does not leave Him and go away. Far from it, her admira…

Realizing his superhuman knowledge, the woman called him a prophet; but then she tried to divert him. Since his probing was becoming uncomfortably …

Our fathers. It is a mistaken opinion that some hold, that the woman, finding the reproof to be disagreeable and hateful, cunningly change…

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain
Mount Gerizim, which was just by, and within sight; so that the woman could …

There was great hatred between the Samaritans and the Jews. Christ's road from Judea to Galilee lay through Samaria. We should not go into places o…

1. At Jesus answered and said to her, the Evangelist gives us Christ’s spiritual teaching.

   First, he gives the teaching itse…