The Woman at the Well

Also, unless I totally misunderstood Dr Hans analysis, the idea of the five men as being merely artners in sin and not husbands aligns better with his explanation of the allegorical sense of the Ba’als.

Thursday Jan 16, 2025

Adrian Combe

Also, the idea that Jesus could have heard about all these men from count gossip seems like a bit of a stretch, since He had only just arrived in town for the first time and had stopped at the well. She knew he was a Jew, so she knew he had arrived from out of town, and the fact that he’s thirsty and tired by the well indicates he just finished traveling.

Thursday Jan 16, 2025

Adrian Combe

It’s relevant to note that Mark 6:18 and 1 Corinthians 5:1 are examples of using the verb ἔχω to refer to illicit sexual relations.

Thursday Jan 16, 2025

Adrian Combe

responds that she realizes that He is a prophet.

Thursday Jan 16, 2025

Adrian Combe

concerned, there’s no way Jesus could know that the man she is with is not her husband. So when she replies back, ”I have no husband”, she is trying to conceal the existence of this man from Jesus, because it’s embarrassing that she’s living in sin. Jesus discloses his knowledge that the one she has is not her husband. And to make sure that she realizes that his knowledge did not come from gossip he reveals that the men that she had before were not husbands either. This is why she (cont’d)

Thursday Jan 16, 2025

Adrian Combe

same word, ἀνήρ, can be translated as either ’man’ or ’husband’. More to the point, in context, both Jesus and Photinai are saying and hearing that word based on their own knowledge and/or presuppositions. In this sense, Jesus’ remarks to her are humorously ironic. So Jesus starts out saying go get your ἀνήρ, knowing full well that the man is not her husband and using the term in the simple sense of man, but also knowing that she will understand it as husband because as far as she’s (cont’d)

Thursday Jan 16, 2025

Adrian Combe

I really appreciate the connection between this passage and the corresponding passages in the old testament, which Dr Hahn illuminated quite well. However I think this falls under the allegorical sense of scripture, and the interpretation of the literal sense as presented in this podcast is perhaps slightly off. It seems that the passage has translated in most major English translations is taken at face value, without any sort of critical look at the original Greek. In other words, the (cont.)

Thursday Jan 16, 2025

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