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A Permanent Satisfaction
Commentators emphasize the contrast Jesus makes. Physical water from Jacob's well provides only temporary relief from thirst. The 'living water' Jesus offers—identified as His grace and Spirit—permanently quenches the soul's deepest longings. Those who receive this gift find a lasting satisfaction that worldly pleasures cannot provide.
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Albert Barnes
On John 4:14
18th Century
Theologian
The water that I shall give him. Jesus here refers, without doubt, to his own teaching, his grace, his Spirit, and to the benefits that co…
AT Robertson
On John 4:14
That I shall give him (ου εγω δωσω αυτω). Relative ου attracted to the case (genitive) of the antecedent (υδατος). Future active i…
Charles Ellicott
On John 4:13–14
19th Century
Bishop
Whosoever drinketh of this water.—Jesus does not answer her question, but asserts the universal recurrence of thirst, aft…
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Charles Spurgeon
On John 4:14
19th Century
Preacher
But the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
The grace of God is a living…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 4:14
Jesus’ second reply emphasized the contrast between the water in the well and what he intended to give. The material water would allay thirst only …
John Gill
On John 4:14
17th Century
Pastor
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, &c.] Meaning, the Spirit and his grace; see ([Reference John 7…
Matthew Henry
On John 4:4–26
17th Century
Minister
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…