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“Come,Δεῦτεseeἴδετεa manἄνθρωπονwhoὃςtoldεἶπέmeμοιeverythingπάνταthatὅσαI have done!ἐποίησαCouldμήτιthisοὗτόςbeἐστινthe Messiah?”ὁ χριστός
John 4:29
Study it in the app““Come, see a man who told me everything that I have done! Could this be the Messiah?””
With the Greek beneath
John 4:29, word by word
- “ComeΔεῦτεDeute
come
Come! let's go!
Where else “Deute” appears- seeἴδετεidete
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “idete” appears- a manἄνθρωπονanthrōpon
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpon” appears- toldεἶπέeipe
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipe” appears- I have doneἐποίησαepoiēsa
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “epoiēsa” appears- Couldμήτιmēti
could it be
"Might this be…?", suspecting yes.
Where else “mēti” appears- beἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the Messiahχριστόςchristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “christos” appears
The context
28So the woman left her water jar and went away into the town and says to the people,
29 · This verse (above)
30They went out of the town and were coming to him.
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?