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Samaritan Woman

Jesus’ message/John’s purpose in the Samaritan Woman story (John 4:1-42)

2 May 2014 By Robert Atkin Leave a Comment

In this pericope from John’s Gospel Jesus meets a Samaritan woman, the traditional enemy of the Jews and a social outcast, at the OT setting for a matrimonial encounter. This dialogue reveals the truth of Jesus’ identity as Messiah and leads to the Samaritans’ confession that Jesus is the Saviour of the world. After discussing the historical, canonical and theological background I will present an exegesis of the story, describing Jesus’ actions and finish by providing some of the ways John intended the passage to be used and how it may be applied by the reader today.

Filed Under: Essays, Jesus, New Testament Tagged With: Gospel of John, Jesus, Samaritan Woman

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Robert Atkin is a writer, website designer, theology student, father and husband. At present he runs a website design business and is researching for a couple of books. This website is a collection of essays and other writing projects. Read More…

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