John 4:25

Modern

The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

Traditional

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

Literal

The woman says to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming, who is called Christ; when He comes, He will declare to us all things.”

Latin

Dicit ei mulier: Scio quia Messias venit (qui dicitur Christus): cum ergo venerit ille, nobis annuntiabit omnia.

Greek

English

The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

At an ancient well in Samaria, Jesus offered himself as living water. This living water means the life that comes from God. Jesus spoke openly about who he was. When he revealed God’s truth, people had to respond. They either followed him or turned away.
The Samaritan woman is very different from Nicodemus. She was a woman, not a man. She was a Samaritan, not a Jew. She had a sinful past, not a reputation for righteousness. She was an outsider, not a respected teacher of Israel.
Nicodemus came to Jesus at night and did not openly respond to the challenges from Jesus (3:1–21). The Samaritan woman spoke with Jesus in the daylight. She recognized him as Lord. She remained in the light and showed signs of becoming a disciple (see 1:35–51).

Theme notes and profiles

John 1:49
“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
Daniel 9:24–26
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
Matthew 1:16
…and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
John 4:42
They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
John 4:29
“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
John 1:41–42
He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
Deuteronomy 18:15–18
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
John 4:39
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world Messiah: The anointed one, a title for Jesus Christ