John 4:10
What is written? (ESV)
Jesus answered her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, Give me a drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
What does it say?
Jesus said to her that if she knew the gift (e.g. grace) of God was asking her for a drink, she would have asked and He would have given her living water.
What is its immediate context?
Jesus is speaking to the woman at the well in Samaria at the very beginning of His public ministry. The “living water” statement is prophetic language repeated by Jesus in 7:38, “Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” It’s also confirmed in the following verses by John to be referencing the Holy Spirit. Isaiah 55:1, Jeremiah 2:13, and 17:13 all talk about “living waters” as well as numerous other prophetic imagery regarding “streams”, “waters”, and “rivers” of life.
How John 4:10 is applied across Bible answers
How are we saved by grace only?
Jesus says that God's grace ("gift of God") appeared to the woman at the well and if it's acknowledged it provides "living water".
What is ‘living water’ (John 7:38)?
Jesus tells the woman at the well that He can give her "living water" and that it is "the gift of God".
