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The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is called Christ). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things."
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A Shared Messianic Hope
Commentators highlight that despite the deep hostility between Jews and Samaritans, they shared a common hope for a coming Messiah. The Samaritans, who accepted the first five books of the Old Testament, expected a great prophet who would restore all things. This shared belief provided a crucial point of connection for Jesus' conversation with the woman.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I know that Messias cometh. As the Samaritans acknowledged the five books of Moses, so they expected, also, the coming of the Messiah.
Messiah cometh (Μεσσιας ερχετα). Hebrew word in N.T. only here and 1:41 and explained by Χριστος in both places. The Samaritans lo…
19th Century
Anglican
I know that Messias cometh.—She is puzzled by these new doctrines. “Father!” “Spirit!” what did all this mean? Was God in…
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Baptist
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which…
Mystified by Jesus’ words, the woman finally confessed her ignorance and at the same time expressed her longing for the Messiah. It was the one neb…
16th Century
Protestant
The Messiah is about to come. Although religion among the Samaritans was corrupted and mixed up with many errors, yet some principles take…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The woman says to him Not knowing well what to say to these things Christ has been discoursing about, as the place, …
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…
