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A THIRSTY WOMAN (1 OF 2)
by Marion Clark
Scripture: John 4:1-15, John 4:18-42
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A Thirsty Woman (1 of 2)
Series: John
D. Marion Clark
John 4:1-42
Introduction
We cannot claim that we live in an age of scandals, as though they were not prevalent in other times. But with the advent of the media technology, the internet, and, in particular, social media, scandals are much easier to uncover. How Jesus would fare today? His simple act of asking for water was a scandal in his day, a scandal he evidently was will to risk.
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4 And he had to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, ''Give me a drink.'' 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, ''How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?'' (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
We have just observed a horrifying, scandalizing scene. Put in today's context, this scene would have made the headlines of every news outlet, and Jesus' credibility would have been shot down immediately, so that his ministry and following would have come to ruin. What did Jesus do wrong?
He spoke to a woman. He spoke to a woman in a public place, a place where he and the woman, whom he did not know, were alone. Jesus is breaking an inviolable taboo of Middle-eastern culture. That explains his disciples' reaction when they return later in the story: Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, ''What do you seek?'' or, ''Why are you talking with her?'' (v. 27). His very behavior of sitting at the well is scandalous, because he ought to have backed away at least twenty feet so that the woman could safely approach.
He spoke to a Samaritan woman. The woman herself questioned Jesus ab ...
Series: John
D. Marion Clark
John 4:1-42
Introduction
We cannot claim that we live in an age of scandals, as though they were not prevalent in other times. But with the advent of the media technology, the internet, and, in particular, social media, scandals are much easier to uncover. How Jesus would fare today? His simple act of asking for water was a scandal in his day, a scandal he evidently was will to risk.
Text
4 And he had to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, ''Give me a drink.'' 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, ''How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?'' (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
We have just observed a horrifying, scandalizing scene. Put in today's context, this scene would have made the headlines of every news outlet, and Jesus' credibility would have been shot down immediately, so that his ministry and following would have come to ruin. What did Jesus do wrong?
He spoke to a woman. He spoke to a woman in a public place, a place where he and the woman, whom he did not know, were alone. Jesus is breaking an inviolable taboo of Middle-eastern culture. That explains his disciples' reaction when they return later in the story: Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, ''What do you seek?'' or, ''Why are you talking with her?'' (v. 27). His very behavior of sitting at the well is scandalous, because he ought to have backed away at least twenty feet so that the woman could safely approach.
He spoke to a Samaritan woman. The woman herself questioned Jesus ab ...
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