John 4:7
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
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- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - John 4:7
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - John 4:7
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - John 4:7
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - John 4:7-8
John 4:7. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water:
That was not the usual time for drawing water; women generally went to the well in the morning and in the evening; but this poor fallen creature was not one with whom other women would associate, so she came alone, at the hour when the sun was hottest, and when nobody else would be likely to be there.
John 4:7. Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
This was quite a natural way of beginning a conversation; and they will best touch other people’s minds and hearts who do not harshly interject religion, but who wisely introduce it, leading up to it with a holy dexterousness such as our Lord always exhibited. He begins, not with any remarks about the woman’s life, or her sin, or even about his great salvation, but with the simple request, "Give me to drink."