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John MacEvilly’s exposition of the gospel of John offers a clear, Catholic, passage-by-passage interpretation of the text. It combines traditional exegesis with moral exhortation and so has been widely used as a daily devotional. The work was originally intended for laymen, but quickly found a place as a textbook in seminary education and has seen numerous editions.

25. “I know that the Messias cometh,” etc. The Samaritans admitted the Pentateuch, in which was contained the promise of the coming of Christ (Deut. 18:18). Hence, our Lord says (v. 46), “if you believe Moses, you would also believe Me.” However, they could not learn His near approach from Deuteronomy, Hence it is likely the woman was made aware of His near approach from the rumours prevalent amongst her neighbours, the Jews, regarding the fulfilment of the time marked out for His coming; and also
John 4:25
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