Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 4:15

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 4:15 - 4:15

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 4:15 - 4:15

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15. She still does not understand, but does not wilfully misunderstand. This wonderful water will at any rate be worth having, and she asks quite sincerely (not ironically) for it. Had she been a Jew, she could scarcely have thus misunderstood; this metaphor of ‘water’ and ‘living water’ is so frequent in the Prophets. Comp. Isa 12:3; Isa 44:3; Jer 2:13; Zec 13:1; Zec 14:8. But the Samaritans rejected all but the Pentateuch. With διέρχωμαι comp. Luk 2:15; Act 9:38.