John 4:15
Read John 4:15 Using Other Translations
What does John 4:15 mean?
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.
