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John 4:15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
In this story, Jesus is going round the country preaching and he stops to rest in a Samaritan city. His disciples go in search of food, while he rests at a well. While resting there, this Samaritan woman comes to fetch water.
Jesus proceeds to ask her for water and this surprises her. She asks him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” Apparently, Jews did not associate with Samaritans.
So Jesus replies, “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 very absurd answer if you place yourself in this woman’s shoes. I mean, ‘if you claim to have living water, why are you still asking me for water?’
Culture would have told her to keep silent and not continue the conversation especially with someone of the opposite sex, but we see the non-conformist in her as she carries on talking with Jesus. We also see her curiosity through the series of questions that she asks — ‘How? Where? Are…
