John 4:42 BSB — MannaFest

John 4:42

They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”

BSB

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ASV

and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

KJV

And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

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Commentary

1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 13.353, 362-63 (253)

The Samaritans renounce their faith that was based on the speech of the woman when they discover that hearing the Savior himself is better than that faith, so that they, too, know "that this is truly the Savior of the world."

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

We have heard him ourselves - On seeing and hearing our Lord, the faith of those who had already believed on the woman’s testimony was abundantly confirmed; and, besides those, may others believed who had not heard the woman speak. This is indeed the Christ - The promised Messiah. The Savior of the world - Not of the Jews only, but of the Samaritans, and of the whole Gentile world.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

We have, for one thing, in these verses, an instructive pattern of zeal for the good of others. We read, that our Lord Jesus Christ declares, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work." To do good was not merely duty and pleasure to Him. He counted it as His food and drink. Job, one of the holiest Old Testament saints, could say, that he esteemed God's word "more than his necessary food." (Job 23:12.) The Great Head of the New Testament Church went even further.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

These Samaritans were the foundation of the Church afterwards built up there. No miracle appears to have been wrought there (but unparalleled supernatural knowledge displayed): "we have heard Him ourselves" (Joh 4:42) sufficed to raise their faith to a point never attained by the Jews, and hardly as yet by the disciples--that He was "the Saviour of the world" [ALFORD].

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
τε	te	and	G5037 →
γυναικὶ	gunaiki	to the woman	G1135 →
ἔλεγον	elegon	they were saying	G3004 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οὐκέτι	ouketi	no longer	G3756 →G2089 →
διὰ	dia	because of	G1223 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
σὴν	sēn	your	G4771 →
λαλιὰν	lalian	speech	G2981 →
πιστεύομεν·	pisteuomen	we believe;	G4100 →
αὐτοὶ	autoi	we ourselves	G846 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἀκηκόαμεν	akēkoamen	have heard	G191 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἴδαμεν	oidamen	we know
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οὗτός	houtos	this	G3778 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἀληθῶς	alēthōs	truly	G230 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
σωτὴρ	sōtēr	Savior	G4990 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κόσμου	kosmou	world	G2889 →

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

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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
John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
leads to
- 1 John 2:2
  He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 53:7
  He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not…
- 1 Peter 1:19
  but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
- 1 John 3:5
  But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Through
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son…
leads to
- 1 Timothy 3:16
  By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 17:3
  Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
Through
1 John 4:14
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
leads to
- 1 John 4:10
  And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About John