Not because of thy speaking (ουκετ δια την σην λαλιαν). "No longer because of thy talk," good and effective as that was. Λαλια (cf…

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him, and so on. There is seldom an instance of so remarkable success as this. From a s…

We have heard him ourselves.—The “Him” is not part of the original text, and the sentence is more forceful without it: We have…

And saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and ca…

Origen of Alexandria: After this conversation with the disciples, Scripture returns to those who had believed because of the …

These few verses indicate two necessary and interrelated bases for belief: (1) the testimony of others and (2) personal contact with Jesus. This wo…

On account of your speech. Though I have followed Erasmus in rendering this word as oratio (speech), because loquela, wh…

And said unto the woman
Who, it appears, kept hearing Christ, attending on him, and conversing with him; for having …

The disciples wondered that Christ talked so with a Samaritan. Yet they knew it was for some good reason and for some good end. So, when particular…

1. Above, the Lord foretold to the apostles the fruit that would be produced among the Samaritans by the woman’s testimony. Now the Evangeli…