John 4:9 BSB — MannaFest

John 4:9

“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

BSB

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ASV

The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

KJV

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

No dealings with the Samaritans - For an account of the Samaritans, and of the differences between them and the Jews, see the notes at Mat 10:5.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Two things this woman wonders at, 1. That he should ask this kindness; for it was the pride of the Jews that they would endure any hardship rather than be beholden to a Samaritan. It was part of Christ's humiliation that he was born of the Jewish nation, which was now not only in an ill state, subject to the Romans, but in an ill name among the nations.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This woman's meeting with Christ at the well may remind us of the stories of Rebekah, Rachel, and Jethro's daughter, who all met with husbands, good husbands, no worse than Isaac, Jacob, and Moses, when they came to the wells for water. Thirdly, How the preventing grace of God sometimes brings people unexpectedly under the means of conversion and salvation.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

How is it that thou--not altogether refusing, yet wondering at so unusual a request from a Jew, as His dress and dialect would at once discover Him to be, to a Samaritan. for, &c.--It is this national antipathy that gives point to the parable of the good Samaritan (Lu 10:30-37), and the thankfulness of the Samaritan leper (Lu 17:16, 18).

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγει	legei	Says	G3004 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
γυνὴ	gunē	woman	G1135 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
Σαμαρῖτις·	Samaritis	Samaritan;	G4542 →
πῶς	pōs	How	G4459 →
σὺ	su	You yourself	G4771 →
Ἰουδαῖος	Ioudaios	a Jew	G2453 →
ὢν	ōn	being	G1510 →
παρ᾽	par᾽	from	G3844 →
ἐμοῦ	emou	me	G1473 →
πεῖν	pein	to drink	G4095 →
αἰτεῖς	aiteis	you do ask	G154 →
γυναικὸς	gunaikos	a woman	G1135 →
Σαμαρίτιδος	Samaritidos	Samaritan	G4542 →
οὔσης;	ousēs	being?	G1510 →
οὐ	ou	Not	G3756 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
συγχρῶνται	sugchrōntai	have association	G4798 →
Ἰουδαῖοι	Ioudaioi	Jews	G2453 →
Σαμαρίταις.¶	Samaritais	with Samaritans.	G4541 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
leads to
- Acts 22:21–23
  Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
- 2 Kings 17:24–41
  Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in…
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16
  hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
- Romans 15:8–9
  For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
- John 4:22–24
  You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
Through
John 8:48
The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
leads to
- John 7:20
  “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
Through
Acts 10:28
He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure…
leads to
- Ephesians 3:6–7
  This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 2:12–14
  For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John