Chapter 4

John Chapter 4: (Introduction to the Gospels, Coding Reference)

¹Then inasmuch-as the ╓sir╖ ┌Jesus┐ knew-experientially that the Pharisees heard that a Jesus is making more adherents, and he is purifying than a John. ²Although-indeed, a Jesus himself was not purifying, but the adherents of him. ³He dismissed the Judea, and he went-forth ╒again╕ into the Galilee. ⁴It-was-needful-for him to traverse through the Samaria. ⁵Then he comes into the city of the Samaria, being called^‹a› Sychar, nearby the spot which a Jacob gave-freely to ╓a╖ ┌the┐ Joseph, the son of him.

⁶Moreover a well^‹b› of the Jacob was there, then Jesus, having had grown-weary out-of the journey, was sitting thus upon the well^‹b›; it was ╓about╖ ┌nearly┐ a sixth hour^‹c›, ⁷A woman comes out-of the Samaria to have drawn^‹d› a water; the Jesus says to her, “Give-freely^you me to drink.”

⁸For the adherents of him had gone-forth into the city so-that they might buy nourishment.

⁹Then the woman, the Samaritan, says to him, “How you, {the-one} Israelite being beside me, request-for-yourself to drink of a woman, a Samaritan being, for {the-ones} Israelite are not associating-with Samaritans.

¹⁰Jesus replied, and he said to her. “If you were knowing the benefaction of the god, and who is the-one saying to you, “Give-freely^you me to drink” you would requested-for-yourself of him, and he would give-freely you a water, {the-one} living.”

¹¹The woman says to him, “Sir, you have nor a bucket for drawing-water, and the cistern is deep; whence then do you have the water, the-one living?” ¹²“You are not greater than the father of us, Jacob, who gave-freely us the cistern, {are you}? And he drank out-of it, and the sons of him and the animals of him.”

¹³╓The╖┌A┐Jesus replied, and he said to her, “The-one all drinking out-of this, the water, will thirst again; ¹⁴moreover whoever might drink out-of the water which I will give-freely him by-no-means might he thirst into the eon; but the water, which I will give-freely him will become within him a source of a water springing into a real-and-genuine life lasting-for-an-eon.

¹⁵The woman says towards him, “Sir, give-freely^you this, the water, to me so-that I will not thirst, and I not-even ┬may come┬ ┌may traverse┐ ╥come╥ hither to sample. ¹⁶╓The Jesus╖ ┌He┐ says to her, “Depart^you, summon^you the man of you, and come^you hither.”

¹⁷The woman replied, and she said ┌to him┐, “I have not a man.”

The Jesus says to her, “You said rightly that you have not a man; ¹⁸for you had five men and whom, you have now, is not a man of you, this you have said {the-one} truthful.”

¹⁹The woman says to him, “Sir, I ascertain that you are a prophet.” ^20“The fathers of us made-obeisance within this, the mountain; and you say that within a Jerusalem is the place where it-is-needful-for to make-obeisance.”

²¹The Jesus says to her, “Woman, ╓have^you╖ ┌have^you┐-complete-confidence-and-be-totally-entrusting to me that the fitting-time^‹e› comes when you will make-obeisance to the father neither within this, the mountain, nor within a Jerusalem. ²²You are making-obeisance {towards} which you do not know; we are making-obeisance {towards} which we know that the preservation is out-of the-ones Israelite, ²³but the fitting-time^‹e› is coming and now it is when the true worshippers will make-obeisance within a spirit and a truth; and for the father is seeking such-as-these, the-ones making-obeisance, {towards} him. ²⁴A spirit {is} the god, and it-is-needful-for the-ones, making-obeisance {towards} him to make-obeisance in a spirit and a truth.

²⁵The woman says to him, “I know that a messiah, the-one being said {the-one} anointed, is coming; whenever he might come that-one proclaims to us {the-ones} all.”

²⁶The Jesus says to her, “I am {he}, the-one speaking to you.” ²⁷And upon this the adherents of him came, and they ╓marveled╖ ┌were marveling┐ that he was speaking with a woman. Nonetheless no-one said, “Which are you seeking, or why are you speaking with her?”

²⁸Then the woman dismissed the jug of her, and she went-forth into the city, and she says to the humanity. ²⁹“Come! Observe^you! A person who said to me {the-ones} all as-much-as I did; whether-perchance^‹f› is this-one, the-one anointed?” ³⁰┬Then they┬ ╔They╗ went-forth out-of the city, and they were coming towards him.

³¹Moreover within the-one meanwhile the adherents asked him saying, “Our-honorable-sir, eat^you!”

³²Moreover the-one said to them, “I have meat^‹g› to have eaten which you do not know.”

³³Then the adherents were saying towards one-another, “Did someone not bring to him to have eaten.”

³⁴The Jesus says to them, “A food^‹h› possessed-by-me is so that ╓I do╖ ┌I might do┐ the will of the-one, having sent me, and I might consummate the work of him.

³⁵Do you not say that it is yet {the-one} of-four-months, and the harvest is coming. Lo! I say to you, ‘Arouse^you the eyes of you, and view^you the countries that they are {the-ones} white towards a harvest already.’ ³⁶╓And the-one╖ ┌The-one┐ reaping receives a recompense ╓and╖ he gathers a fruit into a real-and-genuine-life lasting-for-an-eon so-that ╓also╖ the-one sowing may rejoice together, and the-one reaping {may rejoice}. ³⁷For within this the word is ╓the-one╖ true because {the-one} other is the-one sowing and {the-one} other {is} the-one reaping. ³⁸I sent-authoritatively you to reap which you have not grown-weary; {the-ones} other have grown-weary; and you have entered into the toil-and-trouble of them.”

³⁹Moreover, out-of that, the city, {the-ones} many of the Samaritans had-complete-confidence-and-were-totally-entrusting into him because-of the word of the woman bearing-witness, because he said to me {the-ones} all ╓as-much-as╖ ┌which┐ I did. ⁴⁰As then the Samaritans came towards him, they were asking him to have stayed beside them, and he stayed there two days; ⁴¹and within {the-one} many, they had-complete-confidence-and-were-totally-entrusting {the-ones} more because-of the word of him.

⁴²And to the woman they were saying, “That we no-longer have-complete-confidence-and-are-totally-entrusting because-of the speech possessed-by-you for we have heard, and we know that this-one is in-reality ╓the-one anointed,╖ the rescuer of the world-order.

⁴³Moreover after the two days he went-forth thence ╓, and he came-forth╖ into the Galilee; ⁴⁴for he, ╓the╖ ┌a┐ Jesus, bore-witness that a prophet has not a value within the homeland his-own. ⁴⁵Then when he came into Galilee, the-ones Galilean, having had observed {the-ones} all ╓which╖ ┌as-much-as┐ he did within a Jerusalem within the feast, welcomed him; for they also went into the feast. ⁴⁶Then ╓the Jesus╖ came again into the Kana of the Galilee where he made the water {into} wine.

And someone royal, whose son^‹i› was ailing, was within a ╓Capernaum╖ ┌Capharnaum┐. ⁴⁷This-one, having heard that a Jesus has-arrived out-of the Judea into the Galilee, came-forth to him, and he asked him so-that he might descend, and he might heal the son^‹i› of him for he was intending to decease.

⁴⁸Then the Jesus said towards him, “Except- you -would observe signs and portents, by-no-means might you have-complete-confidence-and-be-totally-entrusting.”

⁴⁹The-one royal says to him, “Sir! Descend^you before the toddler^‹i› of me to have deceased.”

⁵⁰The Jesus says to him, “Proceed^you, the son^‹i› of you lives.”

And the person had-complete-confidence-and-was-totally-entrusting the word which ┬a┬ ╔the╗ Jesus said to him, and he proceeded. ⁵¹Moreover already {upon} him descending the slaves of him ╓confront╖ ┌encounter┐ him ╓and they reported╖ saying, “That the boy^‹i› of ╓you╖ ┌him┐ lives.”

⁵²Then he inquired beside them the time^‹j› {within} which he had better-health. ╓And╖ ┌Then┐ they said to him that yesterday the seventh hour^‹c› the very-high-fever^‹k› dismissed him. ⁵³Then the father knew-experientially that ╓within╖ ┌{within}┐ that, the time^‹j›, within which the Jesus said to him, {╓That the╖ ┌The┐ son^‹h› of you lives.” He had-complete-confidence-and-was-totally-entrusting, and the whole house of him {had-complete-confidence-and-was-totally-entrusting}. ⁵⁴╓The╖ ┌Moreover the┐ Jesus, having come out-of the Judea into the Galilee, did again this, a second sign.

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^‹a›The Greek is λέγω, legō, meaning say but the context here is to name which is commonly stated to call.

^‹b›The Greek is πηγή, pēgē, meaning running water, fount, source; the context of the passage is a dug source or well, having a wall around to protect against surface water entry and for a cover over to protect detrimental entries, and thus a place one could also sit.

^‹c›The Greek is ὥρα, hōra meaning any period of time, season, year, fitting time; thus contextually the hour, since a specific time within the day is implied.

^‹d›The Greek is ἀντλέω, antleō meaning bale water or draw water; and with the following word for water, there is a redundancy so only one usage is expressed.

^‹e›The Greek is ὥρα, hōra meaning any period of time, season, year, fitting time; thus contextually the fitting time, since a unknown time is indicated.

^‹f›The Greek is μήτι, mēti a marker indicating that the answer to the question following is expected to be negative and is often untranslated, however I have chosen to translate as whether perchance for inclusiveness of all Greek words.

^‹g›The Greek is βρῶσις, brōsis meaning meat, eating, corrosion which context indicates something humans eat, thus meat for better clarification than eating as used in Matthew.

^‹h›The Greek is βρῶμα, brōma meaning food, meat, which is eaten by chewing as opposing htat which is drunk. However, here and the verse 32 the context of Jesus’ words is metaphors for the mental or spiritual food which brings inner satisfaction of the spirit which the adherents did not appear to grasp.

^‹i›In this verse and those following different speakers use different words for this same person Verses 46, 47, 50 and 53 the person is a son υἱός, huios; verse 49 a toddler παιδίον, paidion up to school age and verse 51 a boy παῖς, pais up to puberty. παιδίον, paidion is properly the diminutive of παῖς, pais. So it is not clear what the age of the son is.

^‹j›The Greek is ὥρα, hōra meaning any period of time, season, year, fitting time; thus contextually the time, since a known specific time within an event has occurred is being inquired.

^‹k›The Greek is πυρετός, pyretos meaning a fiery heat thus applied to a person a fever however here more probably, not our common thought of a fever just above a normal temperature, but one in which critical measures must be taken, thus my choice of a very high fever. The sense of verse 49 is a father who is desperate which also indicates a very high fever.

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