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thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. <a href="/nkjv/john/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” <a href="/nasb_/john/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Jesus replied to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” <a href="/nasb/john/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> Jesus answered and said to her, &#8220If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, &#8216Give Me a drink,&#8217 you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/john/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” <a href="/lsb/john/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” <a href="/amp/john/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Jesus answered her, “If you knew [about] God’s gift [of eternal life], and who it is who says, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him [instead], and He would have given you living water (eternal life).” <a href="/csb/john/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would ask him, and he would give you living water.” <a href="/hcsb/john/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Jesus answered, &#8220If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, Give Me a drink,&#8217 you would ask Him, and He would give you living water."&#8221 <a href="/asv/john/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. <a href="/cev/john/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jesus answered, "You don't know what God wants to give you, and you don't know who is asking you for a drink. If you did, you would ask me for the water that gives life." <a href="/erv/john/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. <a href="/gwt/john/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Jesus replied to her, "If you only knew what God's gift is and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked him for a drink. He would have given you living water." <a href="/gnt/john/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Jesus answered, "If you only knew what God gives and who it is that is asking you for a drink, you would ask him, and he would give you life-giving water." <a href="/isv/john/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, 'Please give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask him, and he would have given you living water." <a href="/msb/john/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Jesus answered, ?If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.? <a href="/net/john/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Jesus answered her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, 'Give me some water to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." <a href="/nheb/john/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." <a href="/wbt/john/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked him, and he would have given thee living water. <a href="/wey/john/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "If you had known God's free gift," replied Jesus, "and who it is that said to you, 'Give me some water,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." <a href="/web/john/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Jesus answered and said to her, “If you had known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, Give Me to drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” <a href="/blb/john/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is saying to you, 'Give Me to drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given to you living water." <a href="/ylt/john/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Jesus answered and said to her, 'If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.' <a href="/slt/john/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who he is saying to thee, Give me to drink: thou hadst asked him, and he had given thee living water.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Jesus answered, and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God, and who he is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. <a href="/cpdv/john/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Jesus responded and said to her: “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give me to drink,’ perhaps you would have made a request of him, and he would have given you living water.” <a href="/nabre/john/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” <a href="/nrsvce/john/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to her, If you only knew the gift of God, and who is the man who said to you, Give me a drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Yeshua answered and said to her, “If only you knew what the gift of God is, and who this is who says to you, 'Give me to drink', you would have asked for what he has, and he would have given you living waters.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Jesus answered and said to her: If you had known the gift of God, and who it is that said to you, Give me to drink, you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water. <a href="/godbey/john/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And Jesus responded and said to her, <FR>If you knew the gift of God, and the one who is speaking to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who he is that speaketh to thee, thou wouldest have requested him, and he would have given thee life-giving water. <a href="/mace/john/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Jesus answered her, if you knew the dispensation of God, and who it is that says to you, give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water. <a href="/wey/john/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "If you had known God's free gift," replied Jesus, "and who it is that said to you, 'Give me some water,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." <a href="/worrell/john/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Jesus answered and said to her, <FR>"If you knew the Gift of God, and Who it is, That saith to you 'Give Me to drink,' you would have asked of Him, and He would have given you living water."<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Jesus answered and said unto her, <FR>If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/4-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=969" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/4.htm">Jesus and the Samaritan Woman</a> …9“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) 10<a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/611.htm" title="611: Apekrithē (V-AIP-3S) -- From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.">answered,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autē (PPro-DF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: Ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">“If</a> <a href="/greek/1492.htm" title="1492: ēdeis (V-LIA-2S) -- To know, remember, appreciate. ">you knew</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1431.htm" title="1431: dōrean (N-AFS) -- A (free) gift, a gift (without repayment). From doron; a gratuity.">gift</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">who</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">asking</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: soi (PPro-D2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: Dos (V-AMA-2S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">for</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: moi (PPro-D1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I."></a> <a href="/greek/4095.htm" title="4095: pein (V-ANA) -- To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.">a drink,</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sy (PPro-N2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/302.htm" title="302: an (Prtcl) -- A primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty."></a> <a href="/greek/154.htm" title="154: ētēsas (V-AIA-2S) -- To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.">would have asked</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/302.htm" title="302: an (Prtcl) -- A primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty."></a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: edōken (V-AIA-3S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">He would have given</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: soi (PPro-D2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/2198.htm" title="2198: zōn (V-PPA-ANS) -- To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.">living</a> <a href="/greek/5204.htm" title="5204: hydōr (N-ANS) -- Water. And genitive case, hudatos, etc. From the base of huetos; water literally or figuratively.">water.” </a> 11“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-39</a> On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a> 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. <a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a> Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst. <a href="/john/14-13.htm">John 14:13-14</a> And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. / If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it. <a href="/john/15-7.htm">John 15:7</a> If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. <a href="/john/16-24.htm">John 16:24</a> Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. <a href="/revelation/22-17.htm">Revelation 22:17</a> The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely. <a href="/isaiah/12-3.htm">Isaiah 12:3</a> With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, <a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a> For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. <a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Isaiah 55:1</a> “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a> “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water. <a href="/jeremiah/17-13.htm">Jeremiah 17:13</a> O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water. <a href="/zechariah/14-8.htm">Zechariah 14:8</a> And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike. <a href="/ezekiel/47-1.htm">Ezekiel 47:1-9</a> Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. / Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side. / As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water. ... <a href="/proverbs/18-4.htm">Proverbs 18:4</a> The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that said to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.If.<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a> For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.<a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a> For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.<a href="/isaiah/42-6.htm">Isaiah 42:6</a> I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;and who.<a href="/john/4-25.htm">John 4:25,26</a> The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things… <a href="/john/9-35.htm">John 9:35-38</a> Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? … <a href="/john/16-3.htm">John 16:3</a> And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.thou wouldest.<a href="/2_chronicles/33-12.htm">2 Chronicles 33:12,13,18,19</a> And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, … <a href="/psalms/10-17.htm">Psalm 10:17</a> LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:<a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-9</a> Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: … living.<a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a> But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35,51</a> And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst… <a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-39</a> In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/4-9.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/luke/23-37.htm">Free</a> <a href="/luke/24-49.htm">Gift</a> <a href="/john/3-34.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/john/3-36.htm">God's</a> <a href="/luke/19-42.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/john/4-7.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/luke/19-44.htm">Knewest</a> <a href="/luke/22-46.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/john/4-9.htm">Water</a> <a href="/luke/16-27.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/4-12.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/john/8-32.htm">Free</a> <a href="/john/6-27.htm">Gift</a> <a href="/john/5-21.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/john/5-25.htm">God's</a> <a href="/john/11-21.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/john/4-13.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Knewest</a> <a href="/john/14-16.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/john/4-11.htm">Water</a> <a href="/john/11-40.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">John 4</div>1. <a href="/john/4-1.htm">Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria, and reveals his identity to her.</a> 27. <a href="/john/4-27.htm">His disciples marvel.</a> 31. <a href="/john/4-31.htm">He declares to them his zeal for God's glory.</a> 39. <a href="/john/4-39.htm">Many Samaritans believe on him.</a> 43. <a href="/john/4-43.htm">He departs into Galilee, and heals the ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum.</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>Jesus answered In this context, Jesus is responding to the Samaritan woman at the well. His response is significant as it breaks cultural norms; Jews typically avoided Samaritans due to longstanding enmity. Jesus' willingness to engage with her highlights His mission to reach all people, transcending ethnic and social barriers. This interaction foreshadows the Great Commission (<a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19-20</a>), where Jesus commands His followers to make disciples of all nations.If you knew the gift of God The "gift of God" refers to the salvation and eternal life offered through Jesus Christ. This phrase emphasizes the grace and generosity of God, who offers salvation freely to those who believe. It echoes <a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a>, which speaks of salvation as a gift from God, not a result of works. The concept of God's gift is central to the Gospel message, underscoring the unmerited favor bestowed upon humanity.and who is asking you for a drink Here, Jesus alludes to His identity as the Messiah. The woman is unaware of who Jesus truly is, which is a common theme in the Gospels where people often fail to recognize Jesus' divine nature. This phrase invites reflection on the importance of recognizing Jesus' true identity, as seen in Peter's confession in <a href="/matthew/16-16.htm">Matthew 16:16</a>. The request for a drink also symbolizes Jesus' humility and His willingness to meet people in their everyday circumstances.you would have asked Him This phrase suggests that recognizing Jesus' identity and the gift He offers should lead to a response of faith and a desire for what He provides. It implies that the woman, and by extension all people, should seek Jesus for spiritual fulfillment. This aligns with <a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7</a>, where Jesus encourages asking, seeking, and knocking as a way to receive from God.and He would have given you living water "Living water" is a metaphor for the Holy Spirit and the eternal life that Jesus offers. In the cultural context, living water referred to fresh, flowing water, as opposed to stagnant water. Spiritually, it signifies the life-giving and renewing power of the Holy Spirit, as further explained in <a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-39</a>. This concept is rooted in Old Testament imagery, such as in <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a>, where God is described as the "fountain of living waters." Jesus, as the source of living water, fulfills the prophetic imagery of providing spiritual sustenance and eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The central figure in this passage, Jesus is engaging in a conversation with a Samaritan woman at a well. He is the source of "living water," symbolizing eternal life and spiritual fulfillment. 2. <a href="/topical/s/samaritan_woman.htm">Samaritan Woman</a> A woman from Samaria who encounters Jesus at Jacob's well. Her interaction with Jesus breaks social norms, as Jews typically avoided Samaritans and men did not usually speak to women in public. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jacob's_well.htm">Jacob's Well</a> A significant historical and religious site for both Jews and Samaritans, located in Sychar, Samaria. It serves as the setting for this transformative conversation. 4. <a href="/topical/l/living_water.htm">Living Water</a> A metaphor used by Jesus to describe the spiritual life and eternal satisfaction that He offers, contrasting with the physical water from the well. 5. <a href="/topical/g/gift_of_god.htm">Gift of God</a> Refers to the salvation and eternal life offered through Jesus Christ, emphasizing the grace and generosity of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_gift_of_god.htm">Understanding the Gift of God</a> Recognize that the "gift of God" is salvation through Jesus Christ, freely offered to all who believe. Reflect on the grace and generosity of God in offering this gift. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_spiritual_fulfillment.htm">Seeking Spiritual Fulfillment</a> Just as the Samaritan woman sought physical water, we often seek fulfillment in temporary things. Jesus invites us to seek Him for true and lasting satisfaction. <a href="/topical/b/breaking_social_barriers.htm">Breaking Social Barriers</a> Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman demonstrates His willingness to break social and cultural barriers to reach individuals with His message. Consider how we can follow His example in our own lives. <a href="/topical/l/living_water_as_the_holy_spirit.htm">Living Water as the Holy Spirit</a> Understand that the living water Jesus offers is the Holy Spirit, who indwells believers, providing guidance, comfort, and spiritual vitality. <a href="/topical/r/responding_to_jesus'_invitation.htm">Responding to Jesus' Invitation</a> Reflect on how we respond to Jesus' invitation to receive living water. Are we asking Him for this spiritual nourishment, or are we relying on our own efforts?<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 4</a> <a href="/q/what_should_a_new_christian_do_next.htm">What should a new Christian do next?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer._2_13's_god_compare_to_other_deities.htm">How does Jeremiah 2:13's depiction of God as "the fountain of living waters" align with ancient cultures attributing water sources to other deities?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_springs_of_living_water.htm">What are Springs of Living Water?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_rivers_of_living_water.htm">What are the Rivers of Living Water?</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>(10) If thou knewest the gift of God.--Expositors differ very widely as to the meaning to be given to "the gift of God" and "living water." See, e.g., the summaries of views in the notes of Meyer and Godet, both of which are now translated into English. Yet there can be little doubt of the true meaning if we observe the turn given to her question by the emphatic pronouns, "Thou wouldest have asked of Him." You stand by this deep well that for centuries has been God's gift of refreshment to man and beast; you have the means of drawing the water, and are thus the apparent benefactor to Him who asks for your aid. It is not really so. There is a deep well of spiritual truth in communion with God, as necessary for man's true life as water is for the natural life. I stand here with the means to draw, with the power to enter the depths hidden from man, and reveal to your spirit the Being of God. It is really you that are the traveller in the journey of life, weary with the burning heat of its trials, and travel-stained by the sins through which you have passed, thirsting in the hopes and fears of that spirit that cannot rest apart from God, helpless at the very side of the well, for the Eternal is ever near you, and you know Him not. If you knew this gift of God, and knew Who it is that is now here to reveal it to you, you would have asked, and He would have given you that Spirit, which would have been in you as a fountain of living water.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 10-15. - (b) The living water offered and misunderstood. Verse 10. - Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou hadst known the gift of God (but thou dost not; - this conclusion is involved in the form of the conditional sentence), and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink. Many suggestions are offered as to the meaning here of the "gift of God." Elsewhere (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>) Christ is himself God's Gift, and St. Paul speaks of Christ as God's unspeakable Gift (Hengstenberg). Paul also declares that "the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ." The living water, the refreshing, life-giving stream of blessedness which Christ is opening in this wilderness, is the meaning put back by some into these memorable words as they first fell from the lips of Jesus. So Lampe and Godet. But Augustine and others point to <a href="/john/7-39.htm">John 7:39</a>, where John tells us that the living water of which Jesus speaks as welling up like a river in the heart of a believer, in the bosom of one who has come to him to slake his otherwise quenchless thirst, is "the Spirit," which those who believe on him should receive when Jesus would be glorified. This sublime renewal of the greatest gift of God by the Spirit is set forth under similar imagery in <a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a> and <a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28</a>. However, words are functions of two minds; what they must or might have meant to her must have been Christ's meaning when he uttered them. The explanatory clause, Who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, solves the perplexity. That the Son of God, that the Logos in flesh, should have so emptied himself of his eternal glory as to ask for water from a Samaritan, and a woman, is in itself a gift, the supreme gift, of God. She did not know the fulness of his nature. So Lange, Grotius, and others. A remark by Dr. Yeomans is singularly suggestive: "The context shows that 'the gift of God' is a gift which God had already given, rather than one yet held in reserve - the actual gift of his condescension, rather than the offered gift of living water, or the Holy Ghost." Had she known it and put the two thoughts together in the rudest fashion, she would have known the gift of God, and she would have become the suppliant at once and he the Giver. Thou wouldest have asked (prayed, taken the position of the inferior) of him, and he would have given to thee living water. (For the phrase, "living water," see <a href="/genesis/26-19.htm">Genesis 26:19</a>; and for its application, <a href="/zechariah/14-8.htm">Zechariah 14:8</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a>; <a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Revelation 7:17</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-6.htm">Revelation 21:6</a>; <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1</a>.) The Divine supply of heaven-sent life, which will slake all thirst for lesser gifts, and which will constitute the perennial blessedness of saved and glorified spirits. The gift of God is the full discovery of personal relations with the veritable Source of all life. This becomes life eternal as it leads to knowledge of the only God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent; and assists a full realization of the life, the Source and End of which are God. It is interesting to notice that Philo, in many places, declares these wells of water (<a href="/genesis/29-2.htm">Genesis 29:2</a>) to mean "true philosophy or wisdom, deep and only with difficulty drawn upon." "Flowing water is the Logos himself, 'cisterns' represent memories of past knowledge;" but the Old Testament usage quoted above is a far more rational justification of the language used by our Lord. <a href="/commentaries/john/4-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Jesus Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. answered, Ἀπεκρίθη (Apekrithē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_611.htm">Strong's 611: </a> From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. “If Εἰ (Ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. you knew ᾔδεις (ēdeis) Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1492.htm">Strong's 1492: </a> To know, remember, appreciate. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. gift δωρεὰν (dōrean) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> A (free) gift, a gift (without repayment). From doron; a gratuity. of God Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. who τίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. asking λέγων (legōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you σοι (soi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. [for] Δός (Dos) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. a drink, πεῖν (pein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_4095.htm">Strong's 4095: </a> To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe. you σὺ (sy) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. would have asked ᾔτησας (ētēsas) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_154.htm">Strong's 154: </a> To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask. Him, αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. He would have given ἔδωκεν (edōken) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. you σοι (soi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. living ζῶν (zōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2198.htm">Strong's 2198: </a> To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live. water.? ὕδωρ (hydōr) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5204.htm">Strong's 5204: </a> Water. 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