They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
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They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
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Passages linked to John 4:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 10:33 Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God.”
- Isaiah 60:8 “Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
- Matthew 2:1-3 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.” When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Matthew 8:11-12 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven, but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
- Matthew 11:20-24 Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn’t repent. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until today. But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you.”
- Matthew 12:40-42 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here. The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.
- Matthew 20:16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
- Luke 17:16-18 He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan. Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”
- Acts 8:5-8 Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ. The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip when they heard and saw the signs which he did. For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed. There was great joy in that city.
- Acts 13:42 So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
- Romans 5:20 The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
- Acts 28:28 “Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 30 Then they went out of the city, and…
30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
Ver. 30. Then they went out] More to see the news than else; as Moses’ curiosity led him nearer the bush, wherehence he was called. It is good to come to the ordinances, though but for novelty; absence is without hope. What a deal lost Thomas by being out of the way but once.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Sitting still at the well, they (many of them…
Sitting still at the well, they (many of them at least) did not contemn the news as the relation of a woman, but went (possibly but out of curiosity) to see and to hear this man.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then they went out of the city,.... "The men",…
Then they went out of the city,.... "The men", as the Syriac version expresses it; the inhabitants of Sychar left their business, and came out of the city:
and came unto him; to Christ, to see him, and converse with him, that they might know who he was: for though the woman had been a woman of ill fame, yet such was the account that she gave of Christ, and such power went along with her words, that what with the strangeness of the relation, and the curiosity with which they were led, and chiefly through the efficacy of divine grace, at least in many of them, they were moved to regard what she said, and to follow her directions and solicitations.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 30. They went out of the city] Such…
Verse 30. They went out of the city] Such effect had the simple testimony of the woman on their minds.
And came unto him.] Or, Were coming to him; for they did not reach him immediately; all that discourse between him and his disciples, mentioned Joh 4:31-39, inclusive, having taken place before the people of Sychar got to the well. See Joh 4:40.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain They went out of the city - The men…
They went out of the city - The men of the city left it and went to Jesus, to hear and examine for themselves.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Then they went out, &c.--How different from the Jews!…
Then they went out, &c.--How different from the Jews! and richly was their openness to conviction rewarded.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 30. They went out of the city— There must…
30. They went out of the city— There must have been power in the woman’s words and influence in her character, to send these men on their mission to this Messias.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 30. went out … and came] Literally, went out…
30. went out … and came] Literally, went out … and were coming. The change of tense from aorist to imperfect gives vividness. We are to see them coming along across the fields as we listen to the conversation that follows, 31–38.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (30) Came unto him.—Literally, were coming unto Him. They…
(30) Came unto him.—Literally, were coming unto Him. They were still on the way when the conversation in Joh_4:31-38 took place. The general expectation of the Messiah, and the receptive spirit of the Samaritans, is shown in her alacrity to go and tell the men of the place, and in their desire at once to see Him for themselves. Many, indeed, were convinced by her statement only (Joh_4:39-40).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They went outof the city, and were coming on…
They went outof the city, and were coming on their way towards him. The vividness of the picture is remarkable, and is made more so by observing the tense of hrconto . The men were already crossing the green fields that lay between Sychar and Jacob"s well. This remarkable touch explains the conversation that immediately follows. We have the twofold scene depicted: on the one side, the disciples eager for their meal, and absorbed for the moment with thoughts of "terrene provender," unconscious of the vast yearnings of their Lord, and his passion for the regeneration and saving of men; and on the other side, the immediate effect, produced neither by signs nor wonders, but by his word only, on a few susceptible souls, who appeared to him living representatives and firstfruits of a redeemed humanity.
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