Biblical Reading and Reflections: July 27th (Nehemiah 5 & John 4:1-26)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Woman of Samaria, Sitting on Many Waters
The woman is greatly surprised when jesus asks for a drink. She can see that he has no vessel to draw with, and the well is a deep one. In expressing her confusion at his statement she brings in the character of jacob who was the one who gave them that well in the first place. A comparison and contrast between jacob or israel and christ is being set up as a result. Christ, of course, is greater than father jacob. His promise is of a drink that will overcome all thirst and will become within that person a source of life - springing up to eternal life.
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