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John 4:12 KJV
John · chapter 4 · verse 12
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?John 4:12 · King James Version
John 4:12 in context
10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
- greatermeizōngreater, larger, elder, strongerG3187 →
- himselfautoshimself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the sameG846 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- JacobiakōbJacob = " heel-catcher or supplanter" , was the second son of Isaac, the father…G2384 →
- drankpinōto drink, figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen…G4095 →
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We have here an account of the good Christ did in Samaria, when he passed through that country in his way to Galilee. The Samaritans, both in blood and religion, were mongrel Jews, the posterity of those colonies which the king of Assyria planted there after the captivity of the ten tribes, with whom the poor of the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-26