John’s Gospel Archive

After the two days he departed for Galilee (John 4:43) Without the context, this text means nothing. After what two days? Who departed for Galilee? The text is simply telling us a journey Jesus undertook.  Now, in the opening words of John Chapter 4, we are told Jesus initially set off on a journey to Galilee: Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard …

John 4:28-42 I think it is natural with us humans. When we encounter a good fortune; we love to share, talk about it and if it is something others can also experience, we recommend it to them. We see this phenomenon happening in our opening text. Jesus was in a conversation with the Samaritan woman ( who we saw in our previous post). When Jesus …

John 4:1-18 Jesus during His earthly ministry interacted with people of all walks of life. That earned Him the ‘tag’ friend of sinners. He wasn’t a friend of sinners because He joined in their sins. Rather, He was a friend of sinners because He came purposely for sinners. John Chapter 4 records an interaction between Jesus,  and a Samaritan woman. Wearied from a journey, Jesus …