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Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship."
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Deflecting with Doctrine
Several commentators note that the woman, confronted with her sin, immediately changes the subject to a long-standing theological debate. Scholars like Charles Ellicott and Charles Spurgeon see this as a common human tendency: when the truth gets too personal, we often deflect by raising abstract religious questions to avoid dealing with our own hearts.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Our fathers. The Samaritans; perhaps also suggesting that the patriarchs had done so as well. (Genesis 33:20).
Wors…
In this mountain (εν τω ορε τουτω). Jacob's Well is at the foot of Mount Gerizim toward which she pointed. Sanballat erected a tem…
19th Century
Anglican
Our fathers worshipped.—She gives a sudden turn to the conversation. It is not that the question of worship is the all-engrossing …
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Baptist
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain;
That is, Mount Gerizim—
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
Our fathers. It is a mistaken opinion that some hold, that the woman, finding the reproof to be disagreeable and hateful, cunningly change…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain Mount Gerizim, which was just by, and within sight; so that the woman could …
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…
