John 4:15

15 "Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."

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 "Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;

14 but whoever drinks any of the water that I shall give him will never, never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become a fountain within him of water springing up for the Life of the Ages."

15 "Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."

16 "Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."

17 "I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;