Joh 4:19-20 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for John 4:19-20: 4:19-20 The woman dodged Jesus’ moral probing and brought up the historical ethnic division between Jews and Samaritans. 4:19 a prophet: Jesus revealed knowledge about the woman (4:16-18 ) that was inaccessible to the average person (cp. 1:48 ). • As the woman’s understanding of Jesus unfolded, her names for him became increasingly well informed. Earlier she recognized him as a Jew (4:9 ) and called him sir (4:11 , 15 , 19 ). Later she thought he might be the Messiah (4:29 ). Finally, the people of the village recognized him as Savior of the world (4:42 ). Her growing understanding of Jesus’ identity is a testimony to John’s readers (see 20:31 ).

Summary for John 4:19-20: 4:19-20 ^a The woman dodged Jesus’ moral probing and brought up the historical ethnic division between Jews and Samaritans. 4:19 ^b a prophet: Jesus revealed knowledge about the woman (4:16-18 ^c) that was inaccessible to the average person (cp. 1:48 ^d).

• As the woman’s understanding of Jesus unfolded, her names for him became increasingly well informed. Earlier she recognized him as a Jew (4:9 ^e) and called him sir (4:11 ^f, 15 ^g, 19 ^h). Later she thought he might be the Messiah (4:29 ⁱ). Finally, the people of the village recognized him as Savior of the world (4:42 ^j). Her growing understanding of Jesus’ identity is a testimony to John’s readers (see 20:31 ^k).
4:20 ^l The Samaritans worshiped at Mount Gerizim, which towered above Shechem. Both were important Old Testament locations (see Gen 12:6-7 ^m; 33:19 ⁿ; Deut 11:29 ^o; Josh 8:33 ^p; 24:1 ^q, 25 ^r, 32 ^s).