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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The woman saith unto him, Sir,.... [See comments on John 4:11]; give me this water, that I thirst not. The Syriac and Persic versions add, "again": neither come hither; the Ethiopic version adds here, "again"; to draw. This she said also, in the same sneering and scoffing way, as her talking of not thirsting and coming thither to draw water,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. Up till now she has not imbibed a single idea from Christ. The Lord has spoken to her in parables, but she has not seen through the thin veil, so she has missed his meaning. Now he fires another shot, and deals with her in another fashion.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. The woman had not even the faintest idea of the spiritual truth of which Christ had spoken to her. The fact is, conviction must come before conversion. No sinner is made alive till he is first killed. You cannot clothe him till he is naked. So now...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. Christ’s words were coming true. He said that, if she had known, she would have asked; and, then, in her poor groping way, she began to pray, hardly knowing what she was asking for. I advise you also to pray even before you quite understand your own...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. She had caught the Lord’s meaning so far as the perpetuity of the water was concerned, but still she did not know what the living water was. It was all a riddle to her, as I am afraid it is to some of you. There is many a Doctor of Divinity who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. This was an ignorant prayer on the part of the woman; but it is one which I would commend to every enlightened soul: “Sir, give me this water.” Do you want a form of prayer? Here is one for you: “Sir,” Lord,—“give me this water.” The Lord is ready to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus saith unto her,.... Observing that she continued an ignorant scoffer at him, and his words, determined to take another method with her; and convince her, that he was not a common and ordinary person she was conversing with, as she took him to be; and also what a sinner she was, and what a vicious course of life she had lived; so that she...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. It was needful to arouse this woman to a sense of her sinfulness. It was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. And, as she said it, no doubt she tried to look as innocent as possible; but a guilty flush stole over her face despite her attempt to keep it back.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. She...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto her, As she had apparently learned nothing by his instruction, he now tried another plan with her, and began to deal with her conscience.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: Praise people whenever you can. There was nothing good about this woman, but she had spoken the truth: “Thou hast well said, I have no husband.” Our Lord purposely laid the emphasis on the last word.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. The Lord Jesus knew all about her character, and here he touched the weakest point in it. His plainest teaching had so far missed the mark, for he had not reached her conscience; but he was about to do so.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The woman answered and said, I have no husband,.... Which was a truth she would not have spoke at another time and place, or to any of her neighbours; but Christ being a stranger, and no odium incurring upon her by it; and this serving a purpose to excuse her going to call him, she declares the truth of the matter: Jesus said unto her, thou hast...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: Always give people credit for what is well said. If you want to win them, you must mind that you are not rough with them, but admit what you can of the truth in their utterance: “Thou hast well said, I have no husband.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. You can imagine her astonishment — her blank amazement as the secret story of her life was thus repeated to her.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thou hast had five husbands,.... Which she either had had lawfully, and had buried one after another; and which was no crime, and might be: the Sadducees propose a case to Christ, in which a woman is said to have had seven husbands successively, in a lawful manner, Matthew 22:25. Or rather, she had had so many, and had been divorced from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. The woman said unto him, Sir, I Perceive that thou art a prophet. It would have been better if she had perceived that she was a sinner. Perhaps she did perceive it, but scarcely liked yet to confess it openly, so she said, “I-perceive that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. What an exposure of the life she was living! Jesus laid bare what she and her companion in sin may have thought that no man knew: “He whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.”