Tag: john 4
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A long-distance healing. Studying John 4:49-54
In John 4, a Roman official – whose son is seriously ill – comes to Jesus to see what the Lord can do. In the passage, we build up to a miraculous healing that Jesus does. In this sign, Jesus will point back to the Prophet Elijah in the Old Testament. A divine intervention John…
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Seeing and believing. Studying John 4:43-48
A crisis John 4:43 begins right where the previous section left off where Jesus was among the Samaritan people. Verse 43 begins: After the two days he departed for Galilee. Jesus is making his way north. Galilee is the region where Jesus grew up. Nazareth was the town where he grew up, but Nazareth was in…
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The sustenance Jesus gives to a hungy world. Studying John 4:30-34
In John 4, Jesus has met a Samaritan woman at a well and told her of the living water that he provides. It’s also a passage where we see this woman respond to Jesus by telling others about him. She’s the first evangelist to Christ in north Israel. The woman asked the people “can this…
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The broken person and the Mission of God. Studying John 4:27-29
An unlikely missionary At the beginning of John 4, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at a well. The Samaritans were a minority ethnic group who were half-Jewish. In the first century, there was a lot of animosity between the Samaritans and the Jewish people. Samaritans had some theological differences and given their ethnic differences, these…
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The greater worship to which Jesus points. Studying John 4:22-26
In John 4, Jesus is speaking with a woman at a well. Already in this passage, Jesus has pointed to the new life he gives and to the greater access to God that he provides. At the end of the passage. Jesus points to the greater worship of God that he points to. In John…
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