Stained Glass Windows of Trinity Lutheran Church

Story: The Woman at the Well
Text: John 4:1-42
“...whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will
never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him
will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal
life.” John 4:14
Description:
Jesus had just left Judea and was traveling north
to Galilee, but on the way Jesus had to pass through
Samaria. Being weary from His journey Jesus stopped
in the town of Sychar near the field that Jacob had given
to his son Joseph. Around noontime Jesus stopped
to get water from Jacob’s well. While at the well Jesus
breaks Jewish social custom by speaking to a Samaritan
woman. Samaritans were considered dirty and unclean
to the Jewish people, yet Christ asked this woman for a
drink of water. The woman could not believe Jesus was
speaking with her, and Jesus went on to tell her that He
could give her living water. The woman was perplexed
as to where this water would come from, but Jesus said
the water that He gives will well up to eternal life. Jesus
continued on by addressing the sin of adultery in this
woman’s life, and she perceived Him to be a prophet.
The woman was also aware of the Messiah eventually
coming. Jesus assured her that the hour is coming and
is now here, and He said, “I who speak to you am He.”
The woman left and told everyone in her town the
things that Jesus had spoken to her.
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