39-42. many . . . believed, &c.—The truth of John 4:35 begins to appear. These Samaritans were the foundation of the Church afterwards built up there. No miracle appears to have been wrought there (but unparalleled supernatural knowledge displayed): " we have heard Him ourselves " ( John 4:35- : ) sufficed to raise their faith to a point never attained by the Jews, and hardly as yet by the disciples—that He was "the Saviour of the world " [ALFORD]. "This incident is further remarkable as a rare instance of the Lord's ministry producing an awakening on a large scale " [OLSHAUSEN]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-40" class="com-number"
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