Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 4:19

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 4:19 - 4:19

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | Download

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 4:19 - 4:19

(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)

This Chapter Verse Commentaries:
19. προφήτης. One divinely inspired with supernatural knowledge, 1Sa 9:9. The declaration contains an undoubted, though indirect, confession of sin. Note the gradual change in her attitude of mind towards Him. First, off-hand pertness (Joh 4:9); then, respect to His gravity of manner and serious words (Joh 4:11); next, a misunderstanding belief in what He says (Joh 4:15); and now, reverence for Him as a ‘man of God.’ Comp. the parallel development of faith in the man born blind (see on Joh 9:11) and in Martha (see on Joh 11:21).