19The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
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Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-26)We have here an account of the good Christ did in Samaria, when he passed through that country in his way to Galilee. The Samaritans, both in blood and religion , were mongrel Jews , the posterity of those colonies which the king of Assyria planted there after the captivity of the ten tribes, with whom the poor of the land that were left behind, and many other Jews afterwards, incorporated themsel…
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