King James Version
What Does John 4:39 Mean?
“And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.”
Context
37
And herein is that saying true, One soweth , and another reapeth.
38
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
39
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
40
So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
41
And many more believed because of his own word;
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(39) **Many of the Samaritans of that city believed.**—The willingness to receive the truth on the part of the Samaritans, is contrasted with the rejection of it on the part of the Jews. They refused the witness of a great prophet; these accept the witness of a woman. Their minds were prepared by the general expectation of the Messiah; and this woman witnesses that Jesus had revealed to her the whole past of her life. There is here a sign they do not question.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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