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chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/john/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />And because of his words many more became believers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />long enough for many more to hear his message and believe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And many more believed because of his word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And many more believed because of His message.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And many more believed because of His word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And many more believed because of his own word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And many more believed because of His own word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Many more believed because of His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Many more believed because of His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And many more believed because of His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And many more believed because of His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Many more believed in Him [with a deep, abiding trust] because of His word [His personal message to them];<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Many more believed because of what he said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Many more believed because of what He said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And many more believed because of his word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Many more Samaritans put their faith in Jesus because of what they heard him say. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And many more believed because of his word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Many more Samaritans believed because of what Jesus said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Many more believed because of his message, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />And many more believed because of what he said. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And many more believed because of His message.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and because of his word many more believed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Many more believed because of his word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And many more believed, because of his own word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Many more believed because of his word. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and many more believed because of His word,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And many more believed because of His word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and many more did believe because of his word,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And many more believed on account of his word;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And many more believed in him because of his own word. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And many more believed in him, because of his own word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Many more began to believe in him because of his word,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And many more believed because of his word.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And a great many believed in him because of his word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And many believed in him because of his word.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And many more believed because of his own word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />and many more believed on Him through His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And many more believed because of his own word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and many more believed, for having heard him speak himself: and said to the woman,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And many more believed because of His word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And many more believed on account of his own discourse:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/4-41.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=1219" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/4.htm">Many Samaritans Believe</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">40</span>So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days. <span class="reftext">41</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/4183.htm" title="4183: pollō (Adj-DNS) -- Much, many; often. ">many</a> <a href="/greek/4119.htm" title="4119: pleious (Adj-NMP-C) -- Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.">more</a> <a href="/greek/4100.htm" title="4100: episteusan (V-AIA-3P) -- From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.">believed</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: dia (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">because of</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3056.htm" title="3056: logon (N-AMS) -- From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.">message.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">42</span>They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11-12</a></span><br />He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. / But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16-18</a></span><br />For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. / For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. / Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-68.htm">John 6:68-69</a></span><br />Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. / We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-31.htm">John 7:31</a></span><br />Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-30.htm">John 8:30</a></span><br />As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-42.htm">John 10:42</a></span><br />And many in that place believed in Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-45.htm">John 11:45</a></span><br />Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-42.htm">John 12:42</a></span><br />Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-12.htm">Acts 8:12</a></span><br />But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/11-21.htm">Acts 11:21</a></span><br />The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-48.htm">Acts 13:48</a></span><br />When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-1.htm">Acts 14:1</a></span><br />At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-12.htm">Acts 17:12</a></span><br />As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-17.htm">Romans 10:17</a></span><br />Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-5.htm">1 Corinthians 3:5</a></span><br />What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And many more believed because of his own word;</p><p class="hdg">many.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/49-10.htm">Genesis 49:10</a></b></br> The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him <i>shall</i> the gathering of the people <i>be</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a></b></br> But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/8-12.htm">Acts 8:12,25</a></b></br> But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women… </p><p class="hdg">because.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/6-63.htm">John 6:63</a></b></br> It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, <i>they</i> are spirit, and <i>they</i> are life.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/7-46.htm">John 7:46</a></b></br> The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/7-28.htm">Matthew 7:28,29</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/3-29.htm">Account</a> <a href="/john/4-21.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/john/4-39.htm">Believed</a> <a href="/john/2-23.htm">Believers</a> <a href="/john/3-23.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/john/4-39.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/luke/24-50.htm">Far</a> <a href="/john/3-26.htm">Great</a> <a href="/luke/12-18.htm">Larger</a> <a href="/john/4-39.htm">Word</a> <a href="/john/3-34.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/5-16.htm">Account</a> <a href="/john/4-42.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/john/4-50.htm">Believed</a> <a href="/john/4-53.htm">Believers</a> <a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/john/4-42.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/john/6-1.htm">Far</a> <a href="/john/5-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-15.htm">Larger</a> <a href="/john/4-50.htm">Word</a> <a href="/john/4-42.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">John 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-1.htm">Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria, and reveals his identity to her.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-27.htm">His disciples marvel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-31.htm">He declares to them his zeal for God's glory.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-39.htm">Many Samaritans believe on him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-43.htm">He departs into Galilee, and heals the ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And many more believed</b><br>This phrase highlights the growing faith among the Samaritans, a group traditionally at odds with the Jews. The context of this passage is Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well, which led to her testimony about Him. The Samaritans' belief signifies a breaking of cultural and religious barriers, as they were considered heretical by the Jews. This event foreshadows the later spread of the Gospel to the Gentiles, as seen in <a href="/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a>, where Jesus commands His disciples to be witnesses "in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."<p><b>because of His message.</b><br>The term "message" refers to the words and teachings of Jesus, which were powerful enough to inspire faith. Unlike the initial belief of the Samaritans, which was based on the woman's testimony, this belief was directly due to Jesus' own words. This underscores the authority and truth of Jesus' teachings, as seen in <a href="/john/6-63.htm">John 6:63</a>, where He states, "The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life." The emphasis on His message also points to the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies about the coming of a prophet like Moses, as mentioned in <a href="/deuteronomy/18-15.htm">Deuteronomy 18:15</a>, who would speak God's words to the people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, whose words lead many to believe. His interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well is the catalyst for the events in this chapter.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/samaritans.htm">Samaritans</a></b><br>The people of the town of Sychar in Samaria, who come to believe in Jesus through His words and the testimony of the Samaritan woman.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_samaritan_woman.htm">The Samaritan Woman</a></b><br>Initially encounters Jesus at the well and becomes a witness to her townspeople, leading them to seek Jesus themselves.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sychar.htm">Sychar</a></b><br>A town in Samaria where Jesus speaks to the Samaritan woman and where many come to believe in Him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a></b><br>Followers of Jesus who witness the events and learn from His interactions with the Samaritans.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_the_word.htm">The Power of the Word</a></b><br>Jesus' words have the power to transform lives and lead to belief. We should prioritize reading and meditating on Scripture to strengthen our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_personal_testimony.htm">The Role of Personal Testimony</a></b><br>The Samaritan woman's testimony led others to seek Jesus. Our personal accounts of faith can be powerful tools for evangelism.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/breaking_cultural_barriers.htm">Breaking Cultural Barriers</a></b><br>Jesus' interaction with the Samaritans shows that the Gospel transcends cultural and ethnic boundaries. We should be open to sharing the Gospel with all people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_beyond_sight.htm">Faith Beyond Sight</a></b><br>The Samaritans believed because of Jesus' word, not just His miracles. True faith often requires trusting in God's word even when we cannot see.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_impact.htm">Community Impact</a></b><br>The belief of many Samaritans demonstrates the potential for community transformation when individuals encounter Christ. We should pray for and work towards the spiritual renewal of our communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_christianity_begin_and_grow.htm">How did Christianity originate and develop initially?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_events_in_acts.htm">What are the key events in the Book of Acts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_reveal_to_few,_not_all,_in_john_17_6.htm">In John 17:6, why would an omnipresent God reveal Himself only to a select few, rather than all people globally?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_supports_jesus's_resurrection.htm">What evidence supports Jesus Christ's resurrection?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(41) <span class= "bld">And many more believed.</span>--The veil is left upon those two days, as upon so many days in the life of Christ. We know how much was said at the well in a few minutes, and that many believed on Him in a few hours. What questions they must have asked! What truths He must have taught during this sojourn! How that central truth of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man must have burned in the hearts of this mixed and despised people! Salvation was of the Jews, and they were from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim. But Fatherhood is a truth for every heart of man, and He who thus linked heaven and earth was the Saviour of the world. We know not what words passed from them to Him, from Him to them; but we know that the result was that many more believed, and that those who before believed on testimony passed to the higher faith of personal conviction.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 41, 42.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And very many more believed,</span> during that visit, <span class="cmt_word">by reason of his word</span> - Christ's own word. We know not what the word was, but the specimens which John has recorded make us certain that torrents of living water flowed from his lips. He was moving in the full power of the Spirit. He was unveiling the nature of that "salvation" which was, as he said, "from the Jews;" but a salvation which affected and was adapted to the whole world. <span class="cmt_word">And they</span> (<span class="accented">repeatedly</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>said to the woman</span> (the play of aorist and imperfect tenses throughout this passage is very noteworthy), <span class="cmt_word">No longer do we believe by reason of thy speaking</span>. The word <span class="greek">λαλιά</span> does not generally connote so serious a meaning as <span class="greek">λόγος</span>. The first word is used for "utterance" pure and simple (<a href="/matthew/26-73.htm">Matthew 26:73</a>), and for the inarticulate voices of lower creatures as well, while <span class="greek">λόγος</span> and <span class="greek">λέγειν</span> never have the latter meaning; but still <span class="greek">λαλιά</span> is used in classical Greek for "discourse," and in <a href="/john/8-43.htm">John 8:43</a> is used by Christ of his own "utterance." Meyer says the term is purposely chosen from the standpoint of the <span class="accented">speaker</span>, while in ver. 39 <span class="greek">λόγος</span> is used of the same <span class="greek">λαλιά</span> by St. John as narrator. The above are the only times the term is found in the New Testament. <span class="cmt_word">For we have ourselves heard, and we know</span> - fully, by personal intuition (we might have expected <span class="greek">ἐγνῶμεν</span> here) - <span class="cmt_word">that</span> <span class="cmt_word">this is indeed the Saviour of the world.</span> This sublime description only occurs in one other place in the New Testament (viz. <a href="/1_john/4-14.htm">1 John 4:14</a>), and here it falls from the lips of a Samaritan. There is no improbability that it should have expressed the thought of Samaritans, for they entertained wider and less nationalized views than did the Jews. Baur's notion, that the author wished to contrast heathen or Gentile susceptibility with Jewish narrowness and reserve, is out of keeping with the facts. A genuine heathen would have been as easy to <span class="accented">invent</span> as a susceptible Samaritan. "The Saviour of the world" is one of the noblest and most accurate terms in all the Bible to denote the work of Christ. It is the outcome of a discourse and of teaching which led men to the idea of spiritual and sincere worship of the Father, which searched for moral conditions rather than orthodox ritual, which demanded purity of life more than outward observance, and treated doing the will and work of the Father as more indispensable than necessary food. We need not be surprised (<a href="/acts/8.htm">Acts 8</a>.) to find the outcome of this sojourn of the Divine Lord among the misunderstood and hated Samaritans. The effort of the Tubingen school to find in this narrative an idealization of the synoptic tradition of Christ's special beneficence towards the Samaritans is very unfortunate, because, in <a href="/matthew/10-5.htm">Matthew 10:5</a>, the "twelve" were forbidden to enter into cities of the Samaritans, and advised to occupy all their energies in evangelizing the cities of Israel. The record of <a href="/acts/8.htm">Acts 8</a>. affords very slender basis for a corresponding enlargement. The narrative before us shows that, in answer to the receptivity of the Samaritans, the Lord made the richest and fullest and most explicit and immediate revelation of himself. The extension of the kingdom of grace to Samaritans, and their incorporation into the body of Christ, was arrested by the need of the visit of the apostles, by the magic and hypocrisy of Simon; of which there is not here the slightest trace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/4-41.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">And</span><br /><span class="grk">Καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(Kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">many</span><br /><span class="grk">πολλῷ</span> <span class="translit">(pollō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4183.htm">Strong's 4183: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many; often. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">more</span><br /><span class="grk">πλείους</span> <span class="translit">(pleious)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural - Comparative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4119.htm">Strong's 4119: </a> </span><span class="str2">Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">believed</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπίστευσαν</span> <span class="translit">(episteusan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of</span><br /><span class="grk">διὰ</span> <span class="translit">(dia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(autou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">message.</span><br /><span class="grk">λόγον</span> <span class="translit">(logon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3056.htm">Strong's 3056: </a> </span><span class="str2">From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/4-41.htm">John 4:41 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/john/4-41.htm">John 4:41 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/john/4-41.htm">John 4:41 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/john/4-41.htm">John 4:41 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/john/4-41.htm">John 4:41 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/john/4-41.htm">John 4:41 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/4-41.htm">John 4:41 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/4-41.htm">John 4:41 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/john/4-41.htm">John 4:41 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/john/4-41.htm">John 4:41 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/john/4-41.htm">NT Gospels: John 4:41 Many more believed because of his word (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/4-40.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 4:40"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 4:40" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/4-42.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 4:42"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 4:42" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>