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The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
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A Prophet's Insight
Commentators observe that the woman calls Jesus a prophet not for predicting the future, but for supernaturally knowing her hidden past. Her address changes from casual to the respectful "Sir." This demonstrates how Christ's word has the power to pierce the heart, expose sin, and reveal His divine identity.
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John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A prophet. One sent from God, and who understood her life. The word here does not denote one who foretells future events, but one…
Sir (Κυριε). So still.
I perceive (θεωρω). "I am beginning to perceive" from what you say, your knowledge …
19th Century
Anglican
But who can it be who thus enters her mind and reads the pages of her memory as if it were a book? He must be like one of those from long ago about…
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Baptist
For you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband: in that you spoke truly. The woman said to him, Sir, I perceive t…
Realizing his superhuman knowledge, the woman called him a prophet; but then she tried to divert him. Since his probing was becoming uncomfortably …
16th Century
Protestant
Sir, I perceive that thou art a Prophet. The fruit of the reproof now becomes evident; for not only does the woman modestly acknowledge he…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The woman says to him, Sir With another countenance, and a different air and gesture, with another accent and tone o…
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…
