Vers. 27–34. Jesus’ spiritual meat.—The disciples found their Master, to their astonishment, talking with the Samaritan woman. It was a strange thing for a rabbi to engage publicly in conversation with a woman at all, but more especially with a Samaritan. They did not, however, express their astonishment openly, none saying, “What seekest Thou?”—i.e. What service dost Thou require from her? or, Art Thou indeed conversing with her as a teacher? Meanwhile,
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