Introduction
Jesus talks with a Samaritan woman.
Questions
1. How was the water Jesus was talking about different from ordinary water?
v 13 and 14 Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
2. What did Jesus say his food was?
v 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
3. What did the Samaritans tell the woman they had concluded about Jesus?
v 42 They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.”
Summary Points
- v 1 to 15 As Jesus rests by Jacob’s well at Sychar in Samaria, he talks to a Samaritan woman about the water that he has which can give eternal life
- v 16 to 30 She is convinced by his knowledge of her background, that he is the Christ. She goes to tell others in the city to come and see him
- v 31 to 38 Jesus invites the disciples to join him in his work of reaping God’s harvest
- v 39 to 42 Jesus agrees to stay there for two days and many Samaritans now believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Saviour of the world
- v 43 to 54 Jesus leaves Samaria for Galilee and comes to Cana. While there he heals a nobleman’s dying son, without even seeing him