Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 4:25 - 4:25

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 4:25 - 4:25


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25. Μεσσίας. See on Joh 1:41. There is nothing improbable in her knowing the Jewish name and using it to a Jew. The word being rare in N.T. we are perhaps to understand that it was the very word used; but it may be S. John’s equivalent for what she said. Comp. Joh 4:29. Throughout this discourse it is impossible to say how much of it is a translation of the very words used, how much merely the substance of what was said. S. John would obtain his information from Christ, and possibly from the woman also during their two days’ stay. The idea that S. John was left behind by the disciples, and heard the conversation, is against the tenour of the narrative and is contradicted by Joh 4:8; Joh 4:27.

ὁ λ. Χριστός. Probably the Evangelist’s parenthetic explanation (but contrast Joh 1:42), not the woman’s. The Samaritan name for the expected Saviour was ‘the Returning One,’ or (according to a less probable derivation) ‘the Converter.’ ‘The Returner’ points to the belief that Moses was to appear again. Comp. Joh 11:16, Joh 20:24.

ἐκεῖνος. Emphatic; in contrast with other Prophets and teachers; the pronoun implies the exclusion of her present Teacher also.

ἀναγγελεῖ. He will announce to us all things: the revelation will be complete.