(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many · adjective — nominative plural masculine
of
ἐκek
G1537
literal or figurative · preposition
Samaritans
ΣαμαριτῶνSamaritōn
G4541
a Samarite · noun — genitive plural masculine, a people or place name
that
ἐκείνηςekeinēs
G1565
that one (or (neuter) thing) · demonstrative pronoun — genitive singular feminine
city
πόλεωςpoleōs
G4172
a town (properly · noun — genitive singular feminine
believed
ἐπίστευσανepisteusan
G4100
to have faith (in · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
on
εἰςeis
G1519
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
him
αὐτὸνauton
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
for
διὰdia
G1223
through (in very wide applications · preposition
saying
λόγονlogon
G3056
something said (including the thought) · noun — accusative singular masculine
woman
γυναικὸςgunaikos
G1135
a woman · noun — genitive singular feminine
testified
μαρτυρούσηςmarturousēs
G3140
to be a witness · verb — present active participle, genitive singular feminine
told
εἶπένeipen
G2036
to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
me
μοίmoí
G3427
to me
all
πάνταpanta
G3956
all · adjective — accusative plural neuter
ever
ὅσοςhósos
G3745
as (much
did
ἐποίησα.epoiēsa
G4160
to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — aorist active indicative, 1st person singular
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Cross-references
John 4:29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
John 4:5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
John 10:41-42 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
John 11:45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
John 4:42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ…
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on John 4:27-42
We have here the remainder of the story of what happened when Christ was in Samaria, after the long conference he had with the woman.
I. The interruption given to this discourse by the disciples' coming. It is probable that much more was said than is recorded; but just when the discourse was brought to a head, when Christ had made himself known to her as the true Messiah, then came the disciples. The daughters of Jerusalem shall not stir up nor awake my love till he please. 1. They wondered at Christ's converse with this woman, marvelled that he talked thus earnestly (as perhaps they observed at a distance) with a woman, a strange woman alone (he used to be more reserved), especially with a…
many . . . believed, &c.--The truth of Joh 4:35 begins to appear. These Samaritans were the foundation of the Church afterwards built up there. No miracle appears to have been wrought there (but unparalleled supernatural knowledge displayed): "we have heard Him ourselves" (Joh 4:42) sufficed to raise their faith to a point never attained by the Jews, and hardly as yet by the disciples--that He was "the Saviour of the world" [ALFORD]. "This incident is further remarkable as a rare instance of the Lord's ministry producing an awakening on a large scale" [OLSHAUSEN].
Adam Clarke on John 4:39
Many of the Samaritans - believed on him for the saying of the woman - This woman was the first apostle of Christ in Samaria! She went and told her fellow citizens that the Messiah was come; and gave for proof, that he had told her the most secret things she had ever done: see on Joh 4:29 (note). This word, which is twice repeated, in Joh 4:29 and here, strongly intimates that a more particular conversation had taken place, between our Lord and the Samaritan woman, than what is here related.
John Gill on John 4:39
And many of the Samaritans of that city,.... Of Sychar, which was a city of Samaria;
believed on him; that he was the true Messiah he had told the woman he was; and she put it to them whether he was or not: before they saw him, or had any conversation with him themselves, they believed in him; see John 20:29;
for the saying of the woman which testified, he told me all that ever I:did: the account she gave was so plain, and honest, and disinterested, that they could not but give credit to it; and since the person was an utter stranger to her, and yet had laid before her the whole series of her past life and conversation, they concluded he could be no other than the Messiah, who should tell…
The Church Fathers
(Tr. xv. c. 33) So then they knew Christ first by report of another, afterwards by His own presence; which is still the case of those that are without the fold, and not yet Christians. Christ is announced to them by some charitable Christians, by the report of the woman, i. e. the Church; they come to Christ, they believe on Him, through the instrumentality of that woman; He stays withthem two days, i. e. gives them two precepts of charity. And thenceforth their belief is stronger. They believe that He is indeed the Saviour of the world.
Israel is again hereby too condemned, and by the obedience of the Samaritans, is convicted of being alike reckless of knowing and harsh. For the Evangelist marvels much at the many who believed on Christ, saying, For the saying of the woman; although they who were instructed through the law to the knowledge hereof, neither received the words of Moses, nor acknowledged that they ought to believe the heraldings of the Prophets. He in these words prepares the way before, or rather wisely makes a defence before, for that Israel should with reason be thrust away from the grace and hope that is to Christ-ward and that instead should come in the more obedient fulness of the Gentiles, or aliens.
"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." They perceived that the woman would not from favor have admired One who had rebuked her sins, nor to gratify another have paraded her own course of life. Let us then also imitate this woman, and in the case of our own sins not be ashamed of men, but fear, as is meet, God who now beholdeth what is done, and who hereafter punisheth those who do not now repent. At present we do the opposite of this, for we fear not Him who shall judge us, but shudder at those who do not in anything hurt us, and tremble at the shame which comes from them.
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Dictionary and topics
Crucifixion — A common mode of punishment among heathen nations in early times. It is not certain whether it was known among the ancient Jews; probably it was not. The modes of capital punishment according to the…
Samaritans — The name given to the new and mixed inhabitants whom Esarhaddon (B.C. 677), the king of Assyria, brought from Babylon and other places and settled in the cities of Samaria, instead of the original…
Shechem — Shoulder. (1.) The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen. 33:19; 34). (2.) A descendant of Manasseh (Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2). (3.) A city in Samaria (Gen. 33:18), called also Sichem (12:6), Sychem (Acts…
Samaria · .Jesus travels through — .Jesus travels through
Samaria, Modern · Christ preached in — Christ preached in
Shechem · .Jesus visits; disciples ma — .Jesus visits; disciples ma
Testimony · RELIGIOUS — RELIGIOUS
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
John 4:39-45
39. And many Samaritans out of that city believed in him on account of the saying of the woman, who testified, I told you all things that ever I did. 40. When the Samaritans, therefore, came to him, they entreated him to remain with them; and he remained two days. 41. And many more believed on account of his word; 42. And said to the woman, We no longer believe on account of thy speech; for we ourselves have heard, and know, that this is actually the Christ, the Savior of the world. 43. And after two days he departed, and went away into Galilee. 44. For Jesus himself testified, [85] that a Prophet hath no honor in his own country. 45. And when he came into Galilee, the Galilean…
Many Samaritans: The religiously sophisticated “chosen people” in Jerusalem did not respond to Jesus with faith (ch 3). By contrast, many Samaritans believed in Jesus because of the testimony of this outcast woman.
