John 4

John 4

1 - 45 Jesus and the Woman of Samaria

Jesus heads back to Galilee through Samaria. At Jacob's well, he meets a Samaritan woman, and he asks her for a drink. (My notes: "Though both Jews and Samaritans were descended from ancient Israel and practiced similar religions, there was a long standing hostility between them. Thus it was unusual for Jews to buy food from Samaritans). He tells her to get her husband, and she says she has none. Jesus tells her that she has had 5 husbands, and the one she has now is not her husband. (My notes: "Perhaps this subject is raised because in the OT, the meeting of a man and a woman at a well often led to marriage") She sees that Jesus is a prophet, and he said, "But the hour is coming, and is now hear, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." (23-24)

The disciples come and are upset that he is speaking to a woman. They leave and Jesus refuses to eat, saying, "I have food to eat that you do not know about (32) . . . My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. (34)" They return to Galilee.

46 - 54 Jesus Heals an Official's Son

In Capernaum the son of a royal official is ill. Jesus tells him, "Go your son will live." He returns home and discovers that the kid's fever broke at the same hour he was speaking to Jesus.