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| | The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.” | | The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.” |
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| − | Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.” At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?” So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?” | + | Jesus said to her, “'''I AM''', the one who speaks to you.” At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?” So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?” |
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| | They went out of the city, and were coming to him. In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” | | They went out of the city, and were coming to him. In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” |
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| | "'''living water'''" See Sirach 24:30-34: | | "'''living water'''" See Sirach 24:30-34: |
| | :"I went forth like a canal from a river and like a water channel into a garden. I said, 'I will water my orchard and drench my garden plot'; and lo, my canal became a river, and my river became a sea. I will again make instruction shine forth like the dawn, and I will make it shine afar; I will again pour out teaching like prophesy, and leave it to all future generations. Observe that I have not labored for myself alone, but for all who seek instruction." (RSVCE) <br>''Douay-Rheims Ecclesiasticus 24:40-47'' (Latin Vulgate). | | :"I went forth like a canal from a river and like a water channel into a garden. I said, 'I will water my orchard and drench my garden plot'; and lo, my canal became a river, and my river became a sea. I will again make instruction shine forth like the dawn, and I will make it shine afar; I will again pour out teaching like prophesy, and leave it to all future generations. Observe that I have not labored for myself alone, but for all who seek instruction." (RSVCE) <br>''Douay-Rheims Ecclesiasticus 24:40-47'' (Latin Vulgate). |
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| | + | "'''I AM''' [he], '''the one who is speaking to you.'''" John 4:26. "'''I AM'''" Greek '''<big>ἐγώ εἰμι</big>''' (''ego eimi''). This ἐγώ εἰμι is also the Greek translation of the [[Tetragrammaton]] of God's NAME in the [[Septuagint]] Old Testament. |
| | + | :<small>The word "he" is not present in this text and has accordingly been removed from the redacted text of this ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)''. The word "he" has often been added to the text here, and also to other "I Am" texts, by many translators including the KJV translators, to "correct" the Greek text, ostensibly as a "dynamic" form of [[translation]] of the meaning of Jesus' own words according to their own understanding and interpretation (reading) of the text. (See [[Eisegesis]]). In doing so, they have obscured the fuller significance and deeper meaning of the words of Jesus Christ who is the Great I AM made flesh. See Revelation 22:18-19. |
| | + | :''See'' [http://catholic-resources.org/John/Themes-IAM.htm '''"I AM" Sayings in the Fourth Gospel''', compiled by Felix Just, S.J., PhD.]</small> |
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| | + | :It is better to adjust our understanding to the scriptures, than to adjust the scriptures to our understanding. |
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