Jesus in Samaria — 4:1-42
Verses 1-3
1. Where did Jesus go and why (4:1,2)? (Thought question: Why would Jesus act this way under these circumstances?)
2. Who did the actual baptizing of Jesus’ followers?
3. Application: What can we learn from this event about the importance of who actual-izes baptizes a person?
Verese 4-6
4. What area and what city did Jesus pass through (see map)?
5. What Old Testament event related to this region, and what landmark was there?
6. What time was it, how did Jesus feel, and what did He do? (Thought question: What lessons can we learn from the way Jesus felt and yet what He did in this story?)
Verses 7,8
7. Who came, and why did she come?
8. What request did Jesus make? Where were His disciples at this time?
Verse 9
9. Why did Jesus’ request seem strange to the woman?
10. Application: What does this event show about Jesus’ attitude toward people of other races?
11. List other passages showing Jesus wants people of all races and nations to be saved.
Verse 10
12. What offer did Jesus make to the woman (v10)?
Verse 11,12
13. What objections did the woman raise (vv 11,12)?
Verses 13,14
14. What results would come from drinking this water (vv 13,14)? (Think: What was the living water that Jesus offered?)
Verse 15
15. What request did the woman make, and what shows that she was still confused about Jesus’ meaning (v15)?
Verses 16-19
16. What request did Jesus make next, and what did the woman answer (vv 16,17)
17. What did Jesus tell her about her husbands and how did she respond (vv 18,19)? (Thought question: What were Jesus’ purposes for bringing up her husbands?)
Verses 20-22
18. What issue did the woman raise next, and how did Jesus answer (vv 20-22)?
(Thought question: Who really had the truth regarding the woman’s original question?)
Verses 20-22
18. What issue did the woman raise next, and how did Jesus answer (vv 20-22)?
(Thought question: Who really had the truth regarding the woman’s original question?)
Verses 25,26
21. Who did the woman suspect that Jesus was, why did she suspect this, and what did Jesus say about it (vv 25,26)?
22. Special Assignment: Trace the progression of the woman’s opinion of Jesus. Who did she think He was at first, then who, etc.
23. Application: List some lessons we can learn about teaching methods from this story.
Verse 27-30
24. What did the woman say to the people of the city, and what did the people do as a result (vv 28-30)?
Verses 31-34
25. What did Jesus tell the disciples, and what did they think He was talking about (vv 31-33)?
26. What kind of meat had Jesus referred to, and what did His statement mean (v34)?
Verse 35
27. What illustration did Jesus use in v35 and what does it mean?
Verses 36-38
28. What fruit or harvest was He referring to, and why would it cause joy (v36)?
29. Who were the sowers and who were the reapers in vv 36-38? (Thought question: What does v38 mean?)
Verses 39-42
30. What happened as a result of the Samaritan woman’s words?
31. What did the Samaritans want Jesus to do, and what did He do?
32. Who did they believe Jesus was, and what convinced them?
33. Application: What lessons can this story teach Christians, especially Christian women, about saving the lost?
Healing of the Nobleman’s Son — 4:43-54
Verses 43-45
34. Where did Jesus go, and what did the people there know about His miracles?
35. Explain v44 (study cross-references).
Verses 46,47
36. To what town did Jesus return, and what miracle had He already done there?
37. What man made request of Jesus, and where was the man from?
38. What problem did the man have, and how serious was the problem?
Verses 48,49
39. What observation did Jesus make in v48?
Verses 50-54
40. Describe what Jesus said and did to bring about the requested healing? (Thought question: Why do the miracle this way? How did this strengthen the impact of the miracle?)
41. How did the nobleman confirm that the healing was the result of what Jesus did?
42. What effect did this have on the man and his family?
43. List two other passages regarding the purpose of miracles.
