Living Water. Jesus and Samaritan Woman by the Well John gospel

by Sasha S Fair

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16.000 x 20.000 x 1.000 inches

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Living Water. Jesus and Samaritan Woman by the Well John gospel

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Sasha S Fair

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Painting - Oil On Canvas

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Two people are sitting on the ground, engaged in a conversation, against a soft, ethereal backdrop. The scene suggests a serene and contemplative atmosphere. Jesus then goes to the Samarian town of Sychar, and rests after his journey at Jacob's Well, while His disciples go into the town to buy food. The gospel notes that it was "about the sixth hour" i.e. around noon (according to Jewish reckoning), or in the evening (according to Roman reckoning); the events recorded are more consistent with the latter, as noon was not the natural time either for resting after a journey or for drawing water. While Jesus is waiting for his disciples to return, a Samaritan woman comes to the well and Jesus asks her for a drink. The obvious object of the request is for physical refreshment after the journey,[13] although Neo-Lutheran theologian Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg suggests a spiritual interpretation, "Give me spiritual refreshment (by thy conversion)".[14] The woman is surprised that Jesus asks her for a drink and the narrator comments that Samaritans and Jews do not associate. Jesus responds that if she really knew who he was, she would have asked and he would have given her "living water". "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman asks for this "water" and Jesus tells her to go and find her husband and bring him back. The woman states she has no husband, and Jesus says that in fact she has had five husbands and is now living with a man who is not her husband. She then perceives that he is a prophet and raises the question of worship. Jesus then teaches her about worshipping God, how it has been done in the past, at certain locations, and how it will be done properly in the future. "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth." The woman then says that the messiah will come and explain all. Jesus declares that he is the messiah: "I who speak to you am He”

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April 27th, 2025

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