John 4:1
Greek Textus Receptus
Ὡς οὖν ἔγνω ὁ Κύριος ὅτι ἤκουσαν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ὅτι Ἰησοῦς πλείονας μαθητὰς ποιεῖ καὶ βαπτίζει ἢ Ἰωάννης
Free Grace Translation
When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
John 4:2
Greek Textus Receptus
καίτοιγε Ἰησοῦς αὐτὸς οὐκ ἐβάπτιζεν, ἀλλ’ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ,
Free Grace Translation
although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples,
John 4:3
Greek Textus Receptus
ἀφῆκε τὴν Ἰουδαίαν, καὶ ἀπῆλθε πάλιν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν.
Free Grace Translation
He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
John 4:4
Greek Textus Receptus
ἔδει δὲ αὐτὸν διέρχεσθαι διὰ τῆς Σαμαρείας.
Free Grace Translation
But it was necessary for Him to pass through Samaria.
Free Grace Study Notes
"Ordinarily, the prejudiced Jew, who detested the Samaritans, would take an altogether different route to pass from Judea to Galilee. Fording the Jordan east of Jericho, he went northward and entered Galilee from Perea, just south of the Sea of Galilee. But the Lord Jesus Christ had an appointment to meet. He knew that a poor sinner was to be reached that day and He could not take any other route." —H. A. Ironside, "Jesus and the Woman at the Well." The Sunday School Times (Jan. 11, 1947), Vol. 89, Issue 2, p. 9. Note: Dr. Ironside's commentary is based on the King James Version of the Bible.
"This was not a geographical necessity, but the 'must' of the will of God. See Luke 2:49; John 3:14; Acts 19:21; 1 Corinthians 9:16. Does the holy imperative of the will of God direct our lives?" —J. C. Macaulay, "Christian Relations Among Races." The Sunday School Times (Aug. 18, 1951), Vol. 93, Issue 33, p. 6.
John 4:5
Greek Textus Receptus
ἔρχεται οὖν εἰς πόλιν τῆς Σαμαρείας λεγομένην Συχάρ, πλησίον τοῦ χωρίου ὃ ἔδωκεν Ἰακὼβ Ἰωσὴφ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ·
Free Grace Translation
So He came into a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Free Grace Study Notes
"'The parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.' This was close to Sychar. We read of it in Genesis 33:19 and 48:22. It was there the bones of Joseph were buried (Josh. 24: 32)." —H. A. Ironside, "Jesus and the Woman at the Well." The Sunday School Times (Jan. 11, 1947), Vol. 89, Issue 2, p. 9. Note: Dr. Ironside's commentary is based on the King James Version of the Bible.
John 4:6
Greek Textus Receptus
ἦν δὲ ἐκεῖ πηγὴ τοῦ Ἰακώβ. ὁ οὖν Ἰησοῦς κεκοπιακὼς ἐκ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας ἐκαθέζετο οὕτως ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ ὥρα ἦν ὡσεὶ ἕκτη.
Free Grace Translation
And Jacob's well was there. Therefore Jesus, being wearied from the journey, was sitting thus upon the well. It was about the sixth hour [i.e. mid-day].
Free Grace Study Notes
"How this emphasizes the true humanity of our Lord. As man He became tired. As the eternal God He never was weary (Isa. 40:28)." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:7
Greek Textus Receptus
ἔρχεται γυνὴ ἐκ τῆς Σαμαρείας ἀντλῆσαι ὕδωρ· λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Δός μοι πιεῖν
Free Grace Translation
A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."
Free Grace Study Notes
"In order to win the confidence of the Samaritan woman Jesus took the place of a suppliant and asked a favor of her, which amazed her, accustomed, as she was, to the scornful attitude of the Jews toward people of her nationality and religion." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:8
Greek Textus Receptus
οἱ γὰρ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἀπεληλύθεισαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ἵνα τροφὰς ἀγοράσωσι.
Free Grace Translation
For His disciples had gone away into the city, that they might buy food.
Free Grace Study Notes
"This interview was in sacred confidence between Christ and a sinner. No other human ear heard what went on that day, but the Holy Spirit has recorded it for our instruction." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:9
Greek Textus Receptus
λέγει οὖν αὐτῷ ἡ γυνὴ ἡ Σαμαρεῖτις, Πῶς σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ὢν παρ’ ἐμοῦ πιεῖν αἰτεῖς, οὔσης γυναικὸς Σαμαρείτιδος; οὐ γὰρ συγχρῶνται Ἰουδαῖοι Σαμαρείταις.
Free Grace Translation
Then the Samaritan woman said to Him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews don't associate with Samaritans.)
Free Grace Study Notes
"The explanation of her surprise is given in the last part of the verse. For centuries there had been bitter strife between these two groups." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:10
Greek Textus Receptus
ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, Εἰ ᾔδεις τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ λέγων σοι, Δός μοι πιεῖν, σὺ ἂν ᾔτησας αὐτόν, καὶ ἔδωκεν ἄν σοι ὕδωρ ζῶν.
Free Grace Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who is the one saying to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would ask Him, and He would give you living water."
Free Grace Study Notes
"Note the two things brought out here. The gift of God is eternal life (Rom. 6:23). He who sat by the well was the Son of God, the embodiment of that life. To know Him is to possess eternal life." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:11
Greek Textus Receptus
λέγει αὐτῷ ἡ γυνή, Κύριε, οὔτε ἄντλημα ἔχεις, καὶ τὸ φρέαρ ἐστὶ βαθύ· πόθεν οὖν ἔχεις τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ζῶν;
Free Grace Translation
The woman said to Him, "Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. From where then do you get the living water?"
John 4:12
Greek Textus Receptus
μὴ σὺ μείζων εἶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰακώβ, ὃς ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν τὸ φρέαρ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔπιε, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ θρέμματα αὐτοῦ;
Free Grace Translation
"Surely you are not greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave the well to us, and he drank from it, and his sons, and his livestock?"
John 4:13
Greek Textus Receptus
ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, Πᾶς ὁ πίνων ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος τούτου, διψήσει πάλιν·
Free Grace Translation
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone drinking from this water will thirst again."
John 4:14
Greek Textus Receptus
ὃς δ’ ἂν πίῃ ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος οὗ ἐγὼ δώσω αὐτῷ, οὐ μὴ διψήσῃ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· ἀλλὰ τὸ ὕδωρ ὃ δώσω αὐτῷ γενήσεται ἐν αὐτῷ πηγὴ ὕδατος ἁλλομένου εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
Free Grace Translation
"But whoever should drink of the water that I will give him, will certainly never thirst again forever; but in fact the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life!"
Bible Translation Notes:
Grk. τοῦ ὕδατος οὗ ἐγὼ δώσω αὐτῷ. Literally, of the water of which I will give to him.
Grk. εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Literally, into the age. Or, into eternity. The phrase is an idiom meaning "forever." For more information, see Walter Bauer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (4th ed.), p. 28, s.v. αἰών.
Grk. ὃ δώσω αὐτῷ. Literally, that I will give to him.
John 4:15
Greek Textus Receptus
λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡ γυνή, Κύριε, δός μοι τοῦτο τὸ ὕδωρ, ἵνα μὴ διψῶ, μηδὲ ἔρχωμαι ἐνθάδε ἀντλεῖν.
Free Grace Translation
The woman said to Him, "Sir, give this water to me, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."
John 4:16
Greek Textus Receptus
λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ὕπαγε, φώνησον τὸν ἄνδρα σου, καὶ ἐλθὲ ἐνθάδε.
Free Grace Translation
Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."
Greek Textus Receptus
ἀπεκρίθη ἡ γυνὴ καὶ εἶπεν, Οὐκ ἔχω ἄνδρα. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Καλῶς εἶπας ὅτι Ἄνδρα οὐκ ἔχω·
Free Grace Translation
The woman answered and said, "I don't have a husband." Jesus said to her, "You rightly said, 'I don't have a husband.'"
Greek Textus Receptus
πέντε γὰρ ἄνδρας ἔσχες, καὶ νῦν ὃν ἔχεις οὐκ ἔστι σου ἀνήρ· τοῦτο ἀληθὲς εἴρηκας.
Free Grace Translation
"For you had five husbands, and now he whom you have is not your husband. This you have said truly."
Greek Textus Receptus
λέγει αὐτῷ ἡ γυνή, Κύριε, θεωρῶ ὅτι προφήτης εἶ σύ.
Free Grace Translation
The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet."
Greek Textus Receptus
οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἐν τούτῳ τῷ ὄρει προσεκύνησαν· καὶ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος ὅπου δεὶ προσκυνεῖν.
Free Grace Translation
"Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, and yet you say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship."
Free Grace Study Notes
"This Mountain or Jerusalem. The Samaritans had built a temple on Mt. Gerizim, which they claimed was the place God had chosen. The Jews, in accordance with His Word, had their Temple on Mt. Moriah, in Jerusalem. When awakened as to the importance of spiritual things, the age-old question as to which of these temples was the proper place to meet God pressed upon this woman’s heart. Jesus answered her anxious inquiry by showing that God can be reached anywhere, if there be sincerity in seeking His face. He is Himself seeking worshipers, and to this end has sent His servants to proclaim His message of truth and grace throughout the world." —H. A. Ironside, "Jesus Winning Souls." The Sunday School Times (January 2, 1943), Vol. 85, Issue 1, p. 9. Note: Dr. Ironside's commentary is based on the King James Version of the Bible.
Greek Textus Receptus
λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Γύναι, πίστευσόν μοι, ὅτι ἔρχεται ὥρα, ὅτε οὔτε ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, οὔτε ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις προσκυνήσετε τῷ πατρί.
Free Grace Translation
Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, that an hour is coming when neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father."
Greek Textus Receptus
ὑμεῖς προσκυνεῖτε ὃ οὐκ οἴδατε· ἡμεῖς προσκυνοῦμεν ὃ οἴδαμεν· ὅτι ἡ σωτηρία ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐστίν.
Free Grace Translation
"You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews."
Greek Textus Receptus
ἀλλ’ ἔρχεται ὥρα καὶ νῦν ἐστιν, ὅτε οἱ ἀληθινοὶ προσκυνηταὶ προσκυνήσουσι τῷ πατρὶ ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθείᾳ· καὶ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ τοιούτους ζητεῖ τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας αὐτόν.
Free Grace Translation
"But an hour is coming and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father also seeks such as these to worship Him."
Greek Textus Receptus
Πνεῦμα ὁ Θεός· καὶ τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας αὐτόν, ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθείᾳ δεῖ προσκυνεῖν.
Free Grace Translation
"God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth."
Greek Textus Receptus
λέγει αὐτῷ ἡ γυνή, Οἶδα ὅτι Μεσσίας ἔρχεται ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός· ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐκεῖνος, ἀναγγελεῖ ἡμῖν πάντα.
Free Grace Translation
The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming, the one who is called Christ. When He comes, He will tell us all things."
John 4:26
Greek Textus Receptus
λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἐγώ εἰμι, ὁ λαλῶν σοι.
Free Grace Translation
Jesus said to her, "I am He, the one who is speaking to you."
John 4:27
Greek Textus Receptus
Καὶ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἦλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐθαύμασαν ὅτι μετὰ γυναικὸς ἐλάλει· οὐδεὶς μέντοι εἶπε, Τί ζητεῖς; ἤ, Τί λαλεῖς μετ’ αὐτῆς;
Free Grace Translation
And at this point His disciples came back, and they were surprised because he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, "What do you want?" or, "Why are you speaking with her?"
Free Grace Study Notes
"To these men, jealous of their Master’s reputation, it seemed strange that He should give so much time to a woman of so disreputable a character. She was not only a despised Samaritan, but evidently of notoriously evil life. But it was to save such that the Lord Jesus came." —H. A. Ironside, "Jesus Winning Souls." The Sunday School Times (January 2, 1943), Vol. 85, Issue 1, p. 8.
"They could not understand why the Lord Jesus should take such an interest in a characterless Samaritan who, they felt, had no claim on Him as the Messiah of Israel (John 1:49)." —H. A. Ironside, "Jesus and the Woman at the Well." The Sunday School Times (Jan. 11, 1947), Vol. 89, Issue 2, p. 9.
John 4:28
Greek Textus Receptus
ἀφῆκεν οὖν τὴν ὑδρίαν αὐτῆς ἡ γυνή, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ λέγει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις,
Free Grace Translation
Then the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city, and said to the people,
Free Grace Study Notes
"The thirst of her soul quenched with the living water, she forgot her waterpot for love of Him, and hastened away to carry the good news to her townsfolk." —H. A. Ironside, "Jesus Winning Souls." The Sunday School Times (January 2, 1943), Vol. 85, Issue 1, p. 8
"Her soul satisfied, she seemed to forget the thirst of the body, and hastened to tell of Jesus." —H. A. Ironside, "Jesus and the Woman at the Well." The Sunday School Times (Jan. 11, 1947), Vol. 89, Issue 2, p. 9.
John 4:29
Greek Textus Receptus
Δεῦτε, ἴδετε ἄνθρωπον, ὃς εἶπέ μοι πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησα· μήτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός;
Free Grace Translation
"Come, see a man who told me all the things I ever did! Perhaps this is the Christ?"
Bible Translation Notes
See Bauer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (4th ed.), p. 575, "μήτι ⟦mḗti⟧ a marker that invites a negative response to the question that
it introduces. [...] Also
in questions in which the questioner is in doubt concerning the answer,
perhaps [...] Mt 12:23; J 4:29." Dr. James Boyer of Grace Theological Seminary makes a similar statement: "When μή or μήτι is used with the indicative mood, most often a negative answer is expected. [...] Sometimes μή with the indicative is used in a question that does not demand a negative answer, but on the contrary, it almost seems to demand a positive answer yet with some HESITANCY. See John 4:29 and Matthew 12:23." (Boyer, "Greek Exegetical Methods," Grace Theological Seminary, 1973-74. See also: J. H. Moulton, A Grammar of New Testament Greek, vol. 1, p. 170; A. T. Robertson, A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in Light of Historical Research, p. 1167.)
Free Grace Study Notes
"With
holy enthusiasm, she told how she had found One who had torn off the
veil that hid the sins of the past and revealed to her the true
condition of her life. How could He who had done this — when He had
never seen her before — be other than the promised Christ, that is, the
expected Messiah?" —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:30
Greek Textus Receptus
ἐξῆλθον οὖν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἤρχοντο πρὸς αὐτόν.
Free Grace Translation
Therefore they went out from the city, and were coming to Him.
Free Grace Study Notes
"So well did she do her part that the men to whom she spoke hastened out to the well to see and hear Him of whom they had heard, for themselves." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:31
Greek Textus Receptus
ἐν δὲ τῷ μεταξὺ ἠρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ λέγοντες, Ῥαββί, φάγε.
Free Grace Translation
But in the meantime the disciples were urging Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat [something]."
Free Grace Study Notes
"Busied about temporal things, a hasty meal had been prepared,
to which, apparently, the Lord Jesus paid no attention, so absorbed was He in the salvation of this sinful woman." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:32
Greek Textus Receptus
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἐγὼ βρῶσιν ἔχω φαγεῖν ἣν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε.
Free Grace Translation
But He said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know."
Free Grace Study Notes
"The all-engrossing
passion of His soul was doing the Father’s will in saving the lost." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:33
Greek Textus Receptus
ἔλεγον οὖν οἱ μαθηταὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Μήτις ἤνεγκεν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν;
Free Grace Translation
Therefore the disciples were saying to one another, "Did anyone bring Him [food] to eat?"
Free Grace Study Notes
"So inquired the perplexed disciples one of another. They, as yet, knew nothing of that passion for souls which supersedes all other considerations." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:34
Greek Textus Receptus
λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἐμὸν βρῶμά ἐστιν, ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με, καὶ τελειώσω αὐτοῦ τὸ ἔργον.
Free Grace Translation
Jesus said to them, "My food is that I should do the will of Him [who] sent Me, and [that] I should accomplish His work."
Bible Translation Notes
Grk. ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με. Literally, "that I should do the will of the [One] sending Me." Or, "of Him [who] sent Me."
Free Grace Study Notes
"It was for this purpose He came into the world (Matt. 20:28), and He would never be satisfied until He could say, 'I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do' (John 17:4). It was the joy of His heart to do the Father’s will, even though it meant going to the cross to redeem mankind and to glorify the Father in the scene where He had been so terribly dishonored." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:35
Greek Textus Receptus
οὐχ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι Ἔτι τετράμηνόν ἐστι, καὶ ὁ θερισμὸς ἔρχεται; ἰδού, λέγω ὑμῖν, Ἐπάρατε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν, καὶ θεάσασθε τὰς χώρας, ὅτι λευκαί εἰσι πρὸς θερισμόν ἤδη.
Free Grace Translation
"Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and [then] comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, because they are white for harvest!"
Bible Translation Notes
In the oldest biblical manuscripts of the New Testament, the Greek word ἤδη ("already") is joined with the next verse. (See Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament; and The Expositor's Greek Testament.)
Free Grace Study Notes
"While they could see the growing grain all about them, it would be some months yet before the harvest would be ready for reaping. But He saw all about Him the ripened fruit, waiting for spiritual reapers who had opened eyes and burning hearts. He would have the disciples contemplate the waiting throngs in such need of the Gospel message that, spurred on by a holy zeal such as that which was consuming Him, they, too, might go forth to win souls." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:36
Greek Textus Receptus
καὶ ὁ θερίζων μισθὸν λαμβάνει, καὶ συνάγει καρπὸν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον· ἵνα καὶ ὁ σπείρων ὁμοῦ χαίρῃ καὶ ὁ θερίζων.
Free Grace Translation
"And already the one who reaps receives a wage, and gathers fruit into eternal life, so that both the one sowing and the one reaping may rejoice together."
Bible Translation Notes
For the phrase "into eternal life," cf. Alford's Greek Testament,
commentary on John 4:36: "The μισθός [wage/reward] of the θερίζων
[reaper] is in the χαρά [joy/delight] here implied, in having gathered
many into eternal life, just as the βρῶσις [food] of the σπείρων [sower]
was His joy already begun in His heavenly work." Commenting on John
4:36, Alfred Plummer similarly notes: "Eternal life is the granery [storehouse] into which the fruit is gathered; comp. v. 14, and for similar imagery Matt. ix. 37, 38." (Plummer, The Gospel According to S. John [Cambridge: The University Press, 1882], pp. 124-125, italics his.)
Free Grace Study Notes
"For those who labored faithfully in the world’s great harvest field there would be sure reward in that day when all who served God here shall give account of their labors. Whether it be one’s lot to sow or to reap, the reward will be the same and both will rejoice together in that day of manifestation." —H. A. Ironside.
This verse does not say gathering eternal life, but gathering "fruit for eternal life". This is talking about having a "rich entrance into the kingdom" (2 Peter 1:11), in contrast to "being saved yet so as through fire" (1 Corinthians 3:15). I think of what Larry Moyer often says: "When I stand in that heavenly city and saints around me appear, I hope somebody comes up and says, 'You're the one who invited me here.'" (Larry Moyer, 31 Days with the Master Fisherman, p. 79.) —J. Perreault, "A Free Grace View of Selected Scriptures."
John 4:37
Greek Textus Receptus
ἐν γὰρ τούτῳ ὁ λόγος ἐστὶν ἀληθινός, ὅτι ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ σπείρων, καὶ ἄλλος ὁ θερίζων.
Free Grace Translation
"For in this the saying is true, that one sows and another reaps."
Free Grace Study Notes
"It is not given to all to see the immediate result of their labors, but he who first carries the message has as great a place in the divine economy of soul-winning as he who leads men to
definite decision for Christ (1 Cor. 3:5-8)." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:38
Greek Textus Receptus
ἐγὼ ἀπέστειλα ὑμᾶς θερίζειν ὃ οὐχ ὑμεῖς κεκοπιάκατε· ἄλλοι κεκοπιάκασι, καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν κόπον αὐτῶν εἰσεληλύθατε.
Free Grace Translation
"I sent you to reap what you have not labored for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."
Free Grace Study Notes
"Prophets and holy men in past years had given out the Word of God. In due time Christ came and He commissioned His apostles to continue the great work of calling the nation of Israel first, and the Gentiles later on, to heed the message of grace." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:39
Greek Textus Receptus
Ἐκ δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτὸν τῶν Σαμαρειτῶν διὰ τὸν λόγον τῆς γυναικὸς, μαρτυρούσης ὅτι Εἶπέ μοι πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησα.
Free Grace Translation
And from that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the woman's statement, testifying that "He told me all the things I ever did!"
Free Grace Study Notes
"Such is the power of fervent testimony. This redeemed woman became an evangelist to the men of Sychar, and through her witness many came to trust in the Saviour for themselves." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:40
Greek Textus Receptus
ὡς οὖν ἦλθον πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ Σαμαρεῖται, ἠρώτων αὐτὸν μεῖναι παρ’ αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἔμεινεν ἐκεῖ δύο ἡμέρας.
Free Grace Translation
Then when the Samaritans came to Him, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
Free Grace Study Notes
"So eager were these people of a despised race to hear more and to know Him better that they pleaded with the Lord Jesus Christ to remain among them. He therefore stayed on for two days, instructing them further in the way of life." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:41
Greek Textus Receptus
καὶ πολλῷ πλείους ἐπίστευσαν διὰ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ,
Free Grace Translation
And many more believed because of His word,
Free Grace Study Notes
"These had not been influenced particularly by the woman to whom He had revealed Himself at the well, but they were ready to hear His own message, and faith came by hearing (Rom. 10:17)." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:42
Greek Textus Receptus
τῇ τε γυναικὶ ἔλεγον ὅτι Οὐκέτι διὰ τὴν σὴν λαλιὰν πιστεύομεν· αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἀκηκόαμεν, καὶ οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ Σωτὴρ τοῦ κόσμου, ὁ Χριστός.
Free Grace Translation
and they were saying to the woman, "[It is] no longer because of what you said [that] we believe; for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world, the Christ!"
Bible Translation Notes
Some of the oldest New Testament manuscripts do not contain the words ὁ Χριστός ("the Christ").
Free Grace Study Notes
"Note
the fullness of their confession—a recognition of the mystery of His
person that compares favorably with the declaration made by Peter some
time afterward (Matt. 16:16)." —H. A. Ironside.
John 4:43
Greek Textus Receptus
Μετὰ δὲ τὰς δύο ἡμέρας ἐξῆλθεν ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν
Free Grace Translation
And after two days He departed from there, and went away into Galilee.
John 4:44
Greek Textus Receptus
αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐμαρτύρησεν ὅτι προφήτης ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ πατρίδι τιμὴν οὐκ ἔχει.
Free Grace Translation
For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
John 4:45
Greek Textus Receptus
ὅτε οὖν ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, ἐδέξαντο αὐτὸν οἱ Γαλιλαῖοι, πάντα ἑωρακότες ἃ ἐποίησεν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ· καὶ αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἦλθον εἰς τὴν ἑορτήν.
Free Grace Translation
Therefore when He came into Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all [the] things which He did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.
Bible Translation Notes
On the verb ἐδέξαντο ("received"), see Moulton and Milligan's The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament, s.v. δέχομαι. It should also be noted that there is a connection between this verse (4:45) and John 2:23. Commenting on John 4:45, Alfred Plummer writes: “at the feast. The Passover; but there is no need to name it, because it has already been mentioned in connexion with these miracles, ii. 23. Perhaps these Galilaeans who then witnessed the miracles were the chief of the many who then believed.” (Plummer, The Gospel According to S. John [Cambridge: The University Press, 1882], p. 126. The Greek text in Plummer's original statement has been translated into English.)
John 4:46
Greek Textus Receptus
Ἦλθεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πάλιν εἰς τὴν Κανᾶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ὅπου ἐποίησε τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον. καὶ ἦν τις βασιλικός, οὗ ὁ υἱὸς ἠσθένει ἐν Καπερναούμ
Free Grace Translation
Then Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where He made the water wine. And there was a certain royal official, whose son was ill in Capernaum.
John 4:47
Greek Textus Receptus
οὗτος ἀκούσας ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἥκει ἐκ τῆς Ἰουδαίας εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, ἀπῆλθε πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ἠρώτα αὐτὸν ἵνα καταβῇ καὶ ἰάσηται αὐτοῦ τὸν υἱόν· ἤμελλε γὰρ ἀποθνήσκειν.
Free Grace Translation
This man, after hearing that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, went to Him, and was imploring Him that He would come down and heal his son; for he was about to die.
John 4:48
Greek Textus Receptus
εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς αὐτόν, Ἐὰν μὴ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἴδητε, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε.
Free Grace Translation
Therefore Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will never believe."
John 4:49
Greek Textus Receptus
λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλικός, Κύριε, κατάβηθι πρὶν ἀποθανεῖν τὸ παιδίον μου.
Free Grace Translation
The royal official said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
John 4:50
Greek Textus Receptus
λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Πορεύου· ὁ υἱός σου ζῇ. καὶ ἐπίστευσεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῷ λόγῳ ᾦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἐπορεύετο.
Free Grace Translation
Jesus said to him, "Go, your son lives." And the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and started on his way.
Bible Translation Notes
Commenting on John 4:50b, A. T. Robertson writes: "Went his way (επορευετο). Inchoative imperfect middle, 'started on his way,' acted on his faith." (Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament.) Describing the inchoative imperfect Greek verb, Herbert Weir Smyth explains: "Inchoative Imperfect.—The imperfect may denote the beginning of an action or of a series of actions". (Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges [New York: American Book Company, 1920], p. 426.)
John 4:51
Greek Textus Receptus
ἤδη δὲ αὐτοῦ καταβαίνοντος, οἱ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦ ἀπήντησαν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν λέγοντες ὅτι Ὁ παῖς σου ζῇ.
Free Grace Translation
But while he was still on his way down, his servants met him and reported saying, "Your boy lives!"
John 4:52
Greek Textus Receptus
ἐπύθετο οὖν παρ’ αὐτῶν τὴν ὥραν ἐν ᾗ κομψότερον ἔσχε. καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ ὅτι Χθὲς ὥραν ἑβδόμην ἀφῆκεν αὐτὸν ὁ πυρετός.
Free Grace Translation
Then he inquired from them the hour in which he got better. And they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."
Bible Translation Notes
Grk. "got better." See Moulton and Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament, s.v. κομψως: "With the adverbial phrase Jn 4:52 κομψότερον ἔσχε, 'got better' (rather than 'began to amend' AV, RV)". Commenting on John 4:52, A. T. Robertson similarly states: "Began to mend (κομψοτερον εσχεν). Second aorist ingressive active indicative of εχω (took a turn, got better) and comparative of adverb κομψως." (Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament.)
John 4:53
Greek Textus Receptus
ἔγνω οὖν ὁ πατὴρ ὅτι ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ, ἐν ᾗ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ὅτι Ὁ υἱός σου ζῇ· καὶ ἐπίστευσεν αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ οἰκία αὐτοῦ ὅλη.
Free Grace Translation
Then the father knew that it was at that same hour in which Jesus said to him, "You son lives." And he himself believed, and his entire household.
Bible Translation Notes
Commenting on John 4:53, Alfred Plummer writes: "ἔγνω. Recognized. Perceived." (Plummer, The Gospel According to S. John [Cambridge: The University Press, 1882], p. 128.) Also see Bauer's Greek-English Lexicon (4th ed.), pp. 176-177, s.v. γινώσκω, "3. to grasp the significance or meaning of someth., understand, comprehend ... C. w. ὅτι foll[owing] ... J 4:53" (ellipsis and brackets added). Also note: I followed the early and traditional English Bible translations (Tyndale, KJV, NKJV) for the reading "the same hour". The Greek text simply says "in that hour," but the idea is "in that same hour". The KJV and NKJV both read: "at the same hour" (see Jn. 4:53, KJV/NKJV).
John 4:54
Greek Textus Receptus
τοῦτο πάλιν δεύτερον σημεῖον ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ἐλθὼν ἐκ τῆς Ἰουδαίας εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν.
Free Grace Translation
This [was] again a second miraculous sign [that] Jesus did, [after] coming from Judea into Galilee.
