Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 4:41

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39-42. many . . . believed, &c.—The truth of John 4:35 begins to appear. These Samaritans were the foundation of the Church afterwards built up there. No miracle appears to have been wrought there (but unparalleled supernatural knowledge displayed): " we have heard Him ourselves " ( John 4:35- : ) sufficed to raise their faith to a point never attained by the Jews, and hardly as yet by the disciples—that He was "the Saviour of the world " [ALFORD]. "This incident is further remarkable as a rare instance of the Lord's ministry producing an awakening on a large scale " [OLSHAUSEN]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-43" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jhn-4-003

절 (explains)

bible-text/jhn-4-41

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological