Study it in the app“Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give me something to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.””
JesusἸησοῦςansweredἀπεκρίθηandκαὶsaidεἶπενto her,αὐτῇ“IfΕἰyou knewᾔδειςthe giftτὴν δωρεὰνof God,τοῦ θεοῦandκαὶwhoτίςit isἐστινwhoὁis sayingλέγωνto you,σοι‘GiveΔόςmeμοιsomethingto drink,’πεῖνyouσὺwouldἂνhave askedᾔτησαςhim,αὐτὸνandκαὶhe wouldἄνhave givenἔδωκενyouσοιlivingζῶνwater.”ὕδωρ
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” appearsanswer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apekrithē” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appearsknow
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “ēideis” appearsgift
Gift; what is given freely, without being paid for or earned.
Where else “dōrean” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsgive
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “Dos” appearsdrink
To take water, wine or another liquid by mouth.
Where else “pein” appearsask
Ask, ask for.
Where else “ēitēsas” appearslive
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōn” appearswater of life
The water of life that Jesus gives.
Where else “hydōr” appears“Living water” was running water from a spring, as against the still water of a well or a cistern; Jesus uses it as an image (compare 7:38-39).
9So the Samaritan woman says to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, who am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10 · This verse (above)
11The woman says to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where then do you get that living water?
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?
