John 4:15

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, ¹give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water. ”

John 4:15 Meaning and Commentary

John 4:15

The woman saith unto him, Sir
(See Gill on John 4:11);

give me this water, that I thirst not.
The Syriac and Persic versions add, "again":

neither come hither;
the Ethiopic version adds here, "again";

to draw.
This she said also, in the same sneering and scoffing way, as her talking of not thirsting and coming thither to draw water, shows; and it is as if she had said, pray give me some of this fine water you talk of, that I may never thirst again; and so have no occasion to be at all this fatigue and trouble, to come daily to this well for water: though some think, that she now spoke seriously, having some little knowledge of what our Lord meant by living water, but with a mixture of much ignorance, and that she heartily desired it; but the reason she gives, shows the contrary.

John 4:15 In-Context

13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,

14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. ”

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water. ”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here. ”

17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband. ” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’;

Cross References

• 1. 4:15 [ch. 6:34]