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The Samaritan Woman CHAPTER FIVE SAMARIA SAMARITAN WOMAN: John 4:4-42 “Jesus came to a town in Samaria called Sychar… Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour [12 noon]. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Will you give me a drink?’ …The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?’ (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.’ ‘Sir,’ the woman said, ‘you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself? …Give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.’ He told her, ‘Go, call your husband and come back.’ ‘I have no husband,’ she replied. Jesus said to her, ‘You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband.’ ‘Sir,’ the woman said, ‘I can see that you are a prophet.…’ The woman said, ‘I know that Messiah (called Christ) is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.’ Then Jesus declared, ‘I who speak to you am he.’ …Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, ‘Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?’” This woman was an interesting character. As the second in the series of interviews, she was all that Nicodemus was not. He was a Jew; she was a Samaritan. He was a man; she was a woman. He was learned; she was ignorant. He was morally upright; she was sinful. He was wealthy and from the upper class of society; she was poor, and probably almost an outcast. He recognized Jesus’ merits and sought Him out; she saw him only as a curious traveler and was quite indifferent to him. Nicodemus was serious and dignified; she was flippant and possibly boisterous. It is hard to imagine a greater contrast in personalities than that which existed between these two individuals.1 In this one instance Jesus had to overcome the obstacles of the woman’s indifference, materialism, selfishness, moral depravity, religious prejudice, and ignorance. In this conversation he led her straight to the beginning of an active faith.2 THE SAMARITAN WOMAN’S testimony was, “You are a prophet… a man who told me everything I ever did... Could this be the Christ?” PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF SAMARIA: John 4:39 “Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, ‘He told me everything I ever did.’ So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. And because of his words many more became believers. They said to the woman, ‘We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.’” THE PEOPLE OF SAMARIA’S testimony was, “We know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”
STUDY GUIDE CHAPTER FIVE 1. What was the name of the town in Samaria that Jesus visited? 2. What was Jesus doing at the well? 3. What did Jesus want the Samaritan woman to do for him? 4. Why was the woman surprised that Jesus asked for a drink? 5. The woman asked Jesus if he was greater than whom? 6. What did Jesus tell the woman about her married life? 7. After Jesus told her about her husbands, what did she wonder about him? 8. What did Jesus tell her about the Messiah? 9. What did the woman leave at the well? 10. What did the woman tell the townspeople? 11. Name four things the woman was, that Nicodemus was not? 12. What obstacles did Jesus overcome in the woman’s life? 13. What was the Samaritan woman’s testimony? 14. How long did Jesus stay in Samaria? 15. What did the people of Samaria say about Jesus?
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