The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
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Gill's Exposition
The woman then left her water pot,.... Her pail, or bucket, she brought with her to the well to draw water in: this she left, either for Christ and his disciples to make use of; or rather through…
Barnes' Notes
Left her water-pot - Her mind was greatly excited. She was disturbed, and hastened to the city in great agitation to make this known. She seems to have been convinced that he was the Messiah, and went…
Adam Clarke
Left her waterpot - She was so penetrated with the great truths which Jesus had announced that she forgot her errand to the well, and returned to the city without the water for which she came out!
We have here the remainder of the story of what happened when Christ was in Samaria, after the long conference he had with the woman.
I. The interruption given to this discourse by the disciples'…
Cambridge Bible
The woman then Better, The woman therefore; because of the interruption.
left her waterpot Same word for -waterpot" as in the miracle at Cana, and used nowhere else. Her leaving it shews that her…
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