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Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, `Give me a drink,` you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
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The Gift and the Giver
Commentators widely agree that the "gift of God" Jesus mentions is ultimately Himself and the salvation He brings. He uses the metaphor of "living water" to represent the Holy Spirit and the eternal life He offers, which truly satisfies the soul's deepest thirst in a way that physical water never can.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The gift of God. The word gift here denotes favor. It may refer to Jesus himself as the gift of God to…
Answered and said (απεκριθη κα ειπεν). As often (redundant) in John. The first aorist passive (απεκριθη) is deponent, no longer pa…
19th Century
Anglican
If thou knewest the gift of God.—Expositors differ very widely as to the meaning to be given to “the gift of God” and “li…
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Baptist
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked…
There was a trace of sarcasm in the woman’s reply, as if she meant, “We Samaritans are the dirt under your feet until you want something; then we a…
16th Century
Protestant
Jesus answered. Christ now, availing himself of the opportunity, begins to preach about the grace and power of His Spirit, and that to a w…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Jesus answered and said to her In a very serious manner, in a different way from hers:
if you kne…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
At Jesus answered and said to her, the Evangelist gives us Christ’s spiritual teaching.
First, he gives the teaching itse…
