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The Book of John - Chapter 4:1-15 - (ESV)

Updated: Sep 23, 2023

Jesus and the Woman of Samaria - {Interlinear <Greek>}

4:1 - Now {οὖν<oun>} when {Ὡς<hōs>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς<ho Iēsous>} learned {ἔγνω <ginōskō>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} the {οἱ<ho>} Pharisees {Φαρισαῖοι<Pharisaios>} had → heard {ἤκουσαν<akouō>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} Jesus {Ἰησοῦς<Iēsous>} was → making {ποιεῖ<poieō>} and {καὶ<kai>} baptizing {βαπτίζει<baptizō>} more {πλείονας<pleiōn>} disciples {μαθητὰς <mathētēs>} than {ἢ<ē>} John {Ἰωάννης,<Iōannēs>}

4:2 - (although {καίτοιγε<kaitoige>} Jesus {Ἰησοῦς<Iēsous>} himself {αὐτὸς<autos>} did → not {οὐκ<ou>} baptize, {βάπτιζεν<baptizō>} but only {ἀλλ᾽<alla>} his {αὐτοῦ,<autos>} disciples), {οἱ μαθηταὶ<homathētēs>}

4:3 - he → left {ἀφῆκεν<aphiēmi>} Judea {τὴν Ἰουδαίαν<ho Ioudaia>} and {καὶ<kai>} departed {ἀπῆλθεν<aperchomai>} again {πάλιν<palin>} for {εἰς<eis>} Galilee. {τὴν Γαλιλαίαν.<ho Galilaia>}

4:4 - And {δὲ<de>} he {αὐτὸν<autos>} had {ἔδει<deō>} to → pass {διέρχεσθαι <dierchomai>} through {διὰ<dia>} Samaria. {τῆς Σαμαρείας.<ho Samareia>}

4:5 - So {οὖν<oun>} he → came {ἔρχεται<erchomai>} to {εἰς<eis>} a → town {πόλιν <polis>} of → Samaria {τῆς Σαμαρείας<ho Samareia>} called {λεγομένην<legō>} Sychar, {Συχάρ,<Sychar>} near {πλησίον<plēsi>} on the {τοῦ<ho>} field {χωρίου <chōrion>} that {ὃ<hos>} Jacob {Ἰακὼβ<Iakōb>} had → given {ἔδωκεν<didōmi>} to → his {αὐτοῦ·<autos>} son {τῷ υἱῷ<ho huios>} Joseph. {Ἰωσὴφ<Iōsēph>}

4:6 - • {δὲ<de>} Jacob’s {τοῦ Ἰακώβ.<ho Iakōb>} well {πηγὴ<pēgē>} was {ἦν<eimi>} there; {ἐκεῖ<ekei>} so {οὖν<oun>} Jesus, {Ὁ Ἰησοῦς<ho Iēsous>} wearied {κεκοπιακὼς<kopiaō>} as he was {οὕτως<houtōs>} from {ἐκ<ek>} his • journey, {τῆς ὁδοιπορίας<ho hodoiporia>} was → sitting {ἐκαθέζετο<kathezomai>} beside {ἐπὶ <epi>} the {τῇ<ho>} well. {πηγῇ·<pēgē>} It → was {ἦν<eimi>} about {ὡς<hōs>} the → sixth {ἕκτη.<hektos>} hour. {ὥρα <hōra>}

4:7 - A → woman {γυνὴ<gynē>} from {ἐκ<ek>} Samaria {τῆς Σαμαρείας<ho Samareia>} came {Ἔρχεται<erchomai>} to → draw {ἀντλῆσαι<antleō>} water. {ὕδωρ.<hydōr>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς·<ho Iēsous>} said {λέγει<legō>} to → her, {αὐτῇ<autos>} “Give {δός<didōmi>} me {μοι<egō>} a → drink.” {πεῖν.<pinō}

4:8 - (For {γὰρ<gar>} his {αὐτοῦ<autos>} disciples {οἱ μαθηταὶ<ho mathētēs>} had gone away {ἀπεληλύθεισαν<aperchomai>} into {εἰς<eis>} the {τὴν<ho>} city {πόλιν <polis>} to {ἵνα<hina>} buy {ἀγοράσωσιν.<agorazō>} food.) {τροφὰς<trophē>}

4:9 - • {οὖν<oun>} The {ἡ<ho>} Samaritan {ἡ Σαμαρεῖτις·<ho Samareitis>} woman {γυνὴ<gynē>} said {λέγει<legō>} to → him, {αὐτῷ<autos>} “How {πῶς<pōs>} is • it • that • you, {σὺ<sy>} a → Jew, {Ἰουδαῖος<Ioudaios>} • {ὢν<eimi>} ask {αἰτεῖς<aiteō>} for ← a → drink {πεῖν<pinō>} from {παρ᾽<para>} me, {ἐμοῦ<egō>} a → woman {γυναικὸς<gynē>} of → Samaria?” {Σαμαρείτιδος<Samareitis>} • {οὔσης;<eimi>} (For {γὰρ<gar>} Jews {Ἰουδαῖοι<Ioudaios>} have → no {οὐ<ou>} dealings with {συνχρῶνται<synchraomai>} Samaritans.) {Σαμαρείταις.<Samareitēs>}

4:10 - Jesus {Ἰησοῦς<Iēsous>} answered {Ἀπεκρίθη<apokrinomai>} • {καὶ<kai>} • {εἶπεν<legō>} her, {αὐτῇ·<autos>} “If {εἰ<ei>} you → knew {ᾔδεις<oida>} the {τὴν <ho>} gift {δωρεὰν<dōrea>} of → God, {τοῦ θεοῦ<ho theos>} and {καὶ<kai>} who {τίς<tis>} it → is {ἐστιν<eimi>} that {ὁ<ho>} is → saying {λέγων<legō>} to → you, {σοι·<y>} ‘Give {δός <didōmi>} me {μοι<egō>} a → drink,’ {πεῖν,<pinō>} you {σὺ <sy>} would → have → asked {ἂν ᾔτησας<anaiteō>} him, {αὐτὸν<autos>} and {καὶ <kai>} he → would → have → given {ἔδωκεν ἄν<didōmian>} you {σοι<sy>} living {ζῶν.<zaō>} water.” {ὕδωρ<hydōr>}

4:11 - The {ἡ <ho>} woman {γυνή·<gynē>} said {λέγει<legō>} to → him, {αὐτῷ <autos>} “Sir, {κύριε,<kyrios>} you → have {ἔχεις,<echō>} nothing {οὔτε <oute>} to • draw water {ἄντλημα <antlēma>} with, • and {καὶ<kai>} the {τὸ<ho>} well {φρέαρ <phrear>} is {ἐστὶν <eimi>} deep. {βαθύ·<bathys>} Where {πόθεν<po>} then • {οὖν <oun>} do → you → get {ἔχεις<echō>} that • living {τὸ ζῶν;<ho zaō>} water? {τὸ ὕδωρ<ho hydōr>}

4:12 - Are {εἶ<eimi>} you {σὺ<sy>} greater {μείζων<meizōn>} than → our {ἡμῶν <egō>} father {τοῦ πατρὸς<ho patēr>} Jacob? {Ἰακώβ,<Iakōb> {μὴ<mē>} He {ὃς <hos>} gave {ἔδωκεν <didōmi>} us {ἡμῖν<egō>} the {τὸ<ho>} well {φρέαρ,<phrear>} and {καὶ<kai>} drank {ἔπιεν<pinō>} from {ἐξ<ek>} it {αὐτοῦ<autos>} himself, {αὐτὸς <autos>} as {καὶ<kai>} did • his {αὐτοῦ<autos>} sons {οἱ υἱοὶ <hohuios>} and {καὶ <kai>} his {αὐτοῦ;<autos>} livestock.” {τὰ θρέμματα <ho thremma>}

4:13 - • {Ἀπεκρίθη<apokrinomai>} Jesus {Ἰησοῦς<Iēsous>} • {καὶ<kai>} said {εἶπεν <legō>} to → her, {αὐτῇ·<autos>} “Everyone {πᾶς<pas>} who {ὁ<ho>} drinks {πίνων<pinō>} of {ἐκ<ek>} this {τούτου<houtos>} water {τοῦ ὕδατος<ho hydōr>} will → be → thirsty {διψήσει <dipsaō>} again, {πάλιν.<palin>}

4:14 - but {δ᾽<de>} whoever {ὃς ἂν<hos an>} drinks {πίῃ<pinō>} of {ἐκ<ek>} the {τοῦ<ho>} water {ὕδατος<hydōr>} that {οὗ<hos>} I {ἐγὼ<egō>} will → give {δώσω <didōmi>} him {αὐτῷ,<autos>} will → never {οὐ μὴ<ou mē>} be → thirsty {διψήσει <dipsaō>} again. {εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,<eis ho aiōn>} • {ἀλλὰ<alla>} The {τὸ<ho>} water {ὕδωρ<hydōr>} that {ὃ<hos>} I → will → give {δώσω<didōmi>} him {αὐτῷ <autos>} will → become {γενήσεται<ginomai>} in {ἐν<en>} him {αὐτῷ<autos>} a → spring {πηγὴ<pēgē>} of → water {ὕδατος<hydōr>} welling up {ἁλλομένου<hallomai>} to {εἰς<eis>} eternal {αἰώνιον.<aiōnios>} life.” {ζωὴν <zōē>}

4:15 - The {ἡ<ho>} woman {γυνή·<gynē>} said {Λέγει<legō>} to {πρὸς<pros>} him, {αὐτὸν <autos>} “Sir, {κύριε,<kyrios>} give {δός<didōmi>} me {μοι<egō>} this {τοῦτο <houtos>} water, {τὸ ὕδωρ<hohydōr>} so that {ἵνα<hina>} I → will → not {μὴ<mē>} be → thirsty {διψῶ <dipsaō>} or {μηδὲ<mēde>} have → to → come {ἔρχωμαι <erchomai>} here {ἐνθάδε <enthade>} to → draw {ἀντλεῖν.<antleō>} water.” ←

John 4:1-15 -

The world of sinners loved by God includes not just respectable insiders seeking truth (Nicodemus) but broken outsiders running from the truth (the Samaritan woman). None of us are beyond the need of God’s grace and none of us are beyond the reach of God’s grace. Jesus has come to seek and to save both the “found,” those who presume they already have a relationship with God, and the “lost,” those who realize they don’t.

This interchange between Jesus and the Samaritan woman shows us that eternal life isn’t just about our life in heaven when we die; it is also about the life of heaven “welling up” (v. 14) in us while we live. Jesus’ conversation is designed to help this woman see the realities of “heaven” despite the realities of her sin and shame, but he also intends for her discovery to affect her community and culture. The gospel is not ethereal or abstract; it concerns people and place. The woman was shocked that a Jewish man would speak openly to a Samaritan woman. Here Jesus confronts racism and sexism. He has come, as the old hymn says, to “make his blessings flow far as the curse is found.”

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John 4:1–15

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The Book of John - Chapter 4:1-15 - (ESV)

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