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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Holy knowledge is very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. Oh, that ignorance, that baneful ignorance! “If thou knewest thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee.” Sometimes, my brethren, the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. There are two things worth knowing, — what grace is, and who it is that gives it. Want of this knowledge often leads to lack of prayer, and lack of prayer leads to lack of receiving. Perhaps someone asks, “Why does not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. Something better than the water from Jacob’s well. Though thou hast denied him a simple draught of water, he would not have denied thee something...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The woman saith unto him, Sir,.... Which was an usual, way in those countries, of addressing men, and especially strangers; and expresses no uncommon respect to Christ, of whose dignity and greatness she was, entirely ignorant; and at whom she was now scoffing; for so the following words are to be understood: thou hast nothing to draw with; no...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? She took the Saviour’s figure literally; and there are still many who cannot see the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? You who reverence the majesty of Christ’s Deity, the perfection of his humanity, the glory of his atoning sacrifice, the splendor of his resurrection power, you who know whence he has this living water, the power to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? That last word, “cattle”, lets us see wherein the water of Jacob’s well could never be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Christ told the woman that he could give her living water, but it puzzled her to know how he could get at it. The well where they had met was deep, and he had nothing to draw the water out of it; how, then, could he go...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Art thou greater than our father Jacob,.... A person of greater worth and character than he, who was content to drink of this water; or wiser and more knowing than he, who could find out no better fountain of water in all these parts? she calls Jacob the father of them, according to the common notion and boasting of these people, when it served...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which have us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Ah, she did not know how infinitely superior Jesus was to Jacob! There could be no comparison between the two. Jesus is the true Father of all Israel, and in that respect he is like to Jacob; but he is immeasurably greater...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst: — You know that there are some who preach of a salvation...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus answered and said unto her,.... In a mild and gentle manner, patiently bearing all her scoffs and flouts, and continuing to instruct and inform her, concerning this living water, showing the preferableness of it to all others: whosoever drinketh of this water; meaning in that well called Jacob's well, or any other common water: shall thirst...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. Hence he will always be contented. He who has grace in his heart is a happy man;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. If Christ gives you grace, it is eternal life that he gives you; it is not a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him,.... Meaning, the Spirit and his grace; see John 7:38; and which he more than once speaks of, as his gift here, and in the context: of which, whoever truly partakes, shall never thirst; either after sinful lusts and pleasures, and his former vicious way of living, which he now disrelishes:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 thing, a springing and abiding thing, an everlasting thing, and he that hath it in his heart hath that which hath saved him for ever.