8. John 4 - A Well in a Foreign Land-Rethinking Scripture

Rethinking Scripture Podcast -

Episode 8: A Well in a Foreign Land (John 4)

July 26, 2021 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

In John chapter 4, Jesus has a meeting with a woman at a well. What kind of person was this woman? We’ve been lead to believe she was a social outcast, possibly a prostitute, someone with an immoral past, who was shunned by her own community. You might have come to see her as a misfit. But from where do these conclusions come? There are two details from this story that have been taken out of their first-century context, we’ve come to some modern-day conclusions about what they mean. In turn, we’ve painted a Picasso of a portrait that would have been unrecognizable to John’s first-century audience. You may feel you have a deep-seated understanding of this Samaritan… but it’s time to rethink what we thought we already knew about the woman at the well.

Referenced Resources:

Carson, D. A. (1991). The Gospel according to John (p. 217). Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; W.B. Eerdmans.

MacArthur, John (2013). Sermon on YouTube: Messiah: The Living Water, Part 1.

Mounce, Bill. (September 21, 2015) Blog Post. Was the Samaritan Woman a Prostitute? (John 4). https://www.billmounce.com/monday-with-mounce/was-the-samaritan-woman-prostitute-john-4

Tenney, M. C. (1981). John. In F. E. Gaebelein (Ed.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: John and Acts (Vol. 9, p. 54). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.

Show Music:

Intro/Outro - "Growth" by Armani Delos Santos

Transition Music - produced by Jacob A. Hall

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