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SoοὖνwhenὩςJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςlearnedἔγνωthatὅτιthe Phariseesοἱ Φαρισαῖοιhad heardἤκουσανthatὅτιJesusἸησοῦςwas makingποιεῖandκαὶimmersingβαπτίζειmoreπλείοναςdisciplesμαθητὰςthanἢJohnἸωάννης
John 4:1
Study it in the app“So when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and immersing more disciples than John”
With the Greek beneath
John 4:1, word by word
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- learnedἔγνωegnō
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “egnō” appears- the PhariseesΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioi
Pharisee
Pharisee: a member of a Jewish group that kept the law of Moses and the traditions of its teachers strictly.
Where else “Pharisaioi” appears- had heardἤκουσανēkousan
hear of
To hear about something.
Where else “ēkousan” appears- was makingποιεῖpoiei
make into
To make someone into something: "I will make you fishers".
Where else “poiei” appears- immersingβαπτίζειbaptizei
immerse
To put someone into water; "baptize" comes from it.
Where else “baptizei” appears- moreπλείοναςpleionas
more
Abundantly, often, or to a still higher degree.
Where else “pleionas” appears- disciplesμαθητὰςmathētas
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētas” appears- JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs
John
John. In the Gospels, John the Immerser (the Baptist) or John son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve.
Where else “Iōannēs” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2(although Jesus himself was not immersing, but his disciples),
To study John 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask of the Samaritan woman at the well, and what does he offer her? (vv. 7-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says God seeks worshipers who worship “in spirit and truth.” What answer does he give to her question about the place? (vv. 20-24)
3. How I live it
The woman left her water jar and told others what had happened to her (vv. 28-29). Whom could you invite to “come and see” something good?