Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
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Gill's Exposition
Art thou greater than our father Jacob,.... A person of greater worth and character than he, who was content to drink of this water; or wiser and more knowing than he, who could find out no better…
Barnes' Notes
Art thou greater? - Art thou wiser, or better able to find water, than Jacob was? It seems that she supposed that he meant that he could direct her to some living spring, or to some better well in…
Adam Clarke
Our father Jacob - The ancient Samaritans were undoubtedly the descendants of Jacob; for they were the ten tribes that revolted in the reign of Rehoboam: but those in our Lord's time were not genuine…
We have here an account of the good Christ did in Samaria, when he passed through that country in his way to Galilee. The Samaritans, both in blood and religion, were mongrel Jews, the posterity of…
Cambridge Bible
Art thou greater -Thou" is very emphatic; Surely Thou art not greater. Comp. Joh 8:53. The loquacity of the woman as contrasted with the sententiousness of Nicodemus is very natural, while on the…
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