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Notice that the Judeans, or Jews, had nothing to do with
Samaritans. The Holy Spirit does not say that the Samaritans had nothing to do with Judeans. This is a picture
of one group of people hating another. We will see later in verse 27 that Jesus’ disciples would not
have spoken with this woman. Racism or hatred is not new. It has been around a long time. But Jesus did not
hate this woman. Jesus did not care if she was living on the north side of Judea or on the south of Galilee.
Jesus did not care if she believed differently than He did or worshipped at Mt. Girizm and not in Jerusalem.
No, Jesus wanted to speak with her! He had hurried to speak with her. He wanted to show her that God loved
and cared for her.
Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?” (NASB) John 4:10-12 So Jesus made a statement that captured her attention. She did not know who He was or what He was offering.
She did not know that He offered her “living water.” But this woman was cold hearted and emotionally
strong. She did not ask for His “living water.” Instead she challenges Him. First, Jesus had nothing
to draw with and, second, the water was deep. She was correct. The well was once 100 ft (31 m) deep, but today
the well is 75 ft (23 m) deep. She challenged Him with the obvious and then insulted Him with, “You are
not greater than our father Jacob, are You . . .?” She was not kind and gracious. She was rude and insulting.
Yet, Jesus is kind,
Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.” (NASB) John 4:14-15 Do I want that “living water”? Do I want that “eternal life”? Those
are the questions that she did not ask. She was not interested yet. She did not understand. Instead she asked
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