John 4:25-27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
25 [a]The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming,(A) the one called the Anointed; when he comes, he will tell us everything.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I am he,[b] the one who is speaking with you.”(B)
27 At that moment his disciples returned, and were amazed that he was talking with a woman,[c] but still no one said, “What are you looking for?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
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- 4:25 The expectations of the Samaritans are expressed here in Jewish terminology. They did not expect a messianic king of the house of David but a prophet like Moses (Dt 18:15).
- 4:26 I am he: it could also be translated “I am,” an Old Testament self-designation of Yahweh (Is 43:3, etc.); cf. Jn 6:20; 8:24, 28, 58; 13:19; 18:5–6, 8. See note on Mk 6:50.
- 4:27 Talking with a woman: a religious and social restriction that Jesus is pictured treating as unimportant.
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