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The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water?
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The woman's response is grounded in physical reality. Commentators explain that Jacob's well was deep (around 100 feet), and travelers needed their own rope and bucket. Seeing Jesus had none, her question was logical: how could He offer water from a well He couldn't access? Her mind was fixed on the literal, unable yet to grasp the spiritual metaphor Jesus was using.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hast nothing to draw with. It seems that there were no means of drawing water affixed to the well, as with us. Probably each one …
Sir (Κυριε). So it has to mean here in the mouth of the Samaritan woman, not Lord.
Thou hast nothing to draw with a…
19th Century
Anglican
The woman says to him, Sir . . .—Her tone changes to one of respect. Something in His voice and manner, perhaps, has touched her. …
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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…
The woman heard his words but missed his meaning. “Living water” meant to her fresh spring water such as the well supplied. She could not understan…
16th Century
Protestant
Sir, you have nothing to draw with. As the Samaritans were despised by the Jews, so the Samaritans, on the other hand, held the Jews in co…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The woman says to him, Sir Which was an usual, way in those countries, of addressing men, and especially strangers; …
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…
