John 4:13 (WEB)
Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
Catechism · 2
Celebrating the Church's Liturgy
“Finally it presents "the river of the water of life . . . flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb," one of most beautiful symbols of the Holy Spirit.” — Catechism footnote: Rev 22:1; cf. 21:6; Jn 4:10-14.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“Thus the Spirit is also personally the living water welling up from Christ crucified as its source and welling up in us to eternal life.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 4:10-14; 738; Ex 17:1-6; Isa 55:1; Zech 14:8; 1 Cor 10:4; Rev 21:6; 22:17.
Fathers and councils · 25
Cyprian of Carthage
“As also, in another place, the Lord speaks to the Samaritan woman, saying, “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again; but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall not thirst for ever.”” — editor's note: John iv. 13, 14.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…give no man true happiness, because they do not quench insatiable longing: for “whosoever,” saith our Lord, “shall drink of this water, shall thirst again.”” — editor's note: John iv. 4, 13.
Read the whole comment““Whosoever drinketh of this water,” He says, “shall thirst again.”” — editor's note: John iv. 13
Read the whole comment“…the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a fountain of water springing up unto eternal life.”” — editor's note: John iv. 7–14
Read the whole comment“So He saith, “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again.”” — editor's note: John iv. 13.
Read the whole comment““Whoso shall drink of this water, shall thirst again.”” — editor's note: John iv. 13.
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John Chrysostom
“John iv. 13, 14” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“Water is the matter of His first miracle and it is from a well that the Samaritan woman is bidden to slake her thirst.” — editor's note: Joh. iv. 13, 14.
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Tertullian
“…as when to the Samaritaness—not an adulteress by her now sixth marriage, but a prostitute—He showed (what He did show readily to any one) who He was;—no benefit is hence conferred upon our adversaries, even if it had been to such as were already Christians that He (in these several cases) granted pardon.” — editor's note: John iv. 1–25.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“So again the Lord says in the Gospels, “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink;” and to the woman of Samaria, “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.”” — editor's note: S. John iv. 13, 14.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“I will not hear He thirsted unless I also hear Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.” — editor's note: John iv. 13.
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Clement of Alexandria
“…wandered, of one to guide us; blind, of one to lead us to the light; thirsty, “of the fountain of life, of which whosoever partakes, shall no longer thirst;” dead, we need life; sheep, we need a shepherd; we who are children need a tutor, while universal humanity stands in need of Jesus; so that we may not continue…” — editor's note: John iv. 13, 14.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Nay, more than this was requisite; for after his entrance into the foul mysteries of the womb, he was washed, and drank of the cup of life-giving bubbling water.” — editor's note: John iv. 7–14. For πιεῖν some read ποιεῖν, “a course which he must pursue who,” etc.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
To the woman’s question, Art Thou greater than our father Jacob? He does not reply, I am greater, lest He should seem to boast; but His answer implies it; Jesus answered and said to her, Whosoever drinketh of this…
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Which is true indeed both of material water, and of that of which it is the type. For the water in the well is the pleasure of the world, that abode of darkness. Men draw it with the waterpot of their lusts; pleasure…
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The excellence of this water, viz. that he that drinketh of it never thirsts, He explains in what follows, But the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. As a…
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For the water which I give him is ever multiplying. The saints receive through grace the seed and principle of good; but they themselves make it grow by their own cultivation.
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See how the woman is led by degrees to the highest doctrine. First, she thought He was some lax Jew. Then hearing of the living water, she thought it meant material water. Afterwards she understands it as spoken…
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Or thus; The woman as yet understands Him of the flesh only. She is delighted to be relieved for ever from thirst, and takes this promise of our Lord’s in a carnal sense. For God had once granted to His servant…
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The woman then being urgent in asking for the promised water, Jesus saith unto her, Go call thy husband; to shew that he too ought to have a share in these things. But she was in a hurry to receive the gift, and…
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Understand, that the woman had not a lawful husband, but had formed an irregular connexion with some one. He tells her, Thou hast had fire husbands, in order to shew her His miraculous knowledge.
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May not Jacob’s well signify mystically the letter of Scripture; the water of Jesus, that which is above the letter, which all are not allowed to penetrate into? That which is written was dictated by men, whereas the…
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The five husbands some interpret to be the five books which were given by Moses. And the words, He whom thou now hast is not thy husband, they understand as spoken by our Lord of Himself; as if He said, Thou hast…
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Jesus seeing that the woman did not understand, and wishing to enlighten her, says, Call thy husband; i. e. apply thine understanding. For when the life is well ordered, the understanding governs the soul itself,…
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And what more proper place than Jacob’s well, for exposing the unlawful husband, i. e. the perverse law? For the Samaritan woman is meant to figure to us a soul, that has subjected itself to a hind of law of its own,…
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.14.
Cited together in Origen on John 4:13–18 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 4:13–18 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 4:13–18 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.9.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.14.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 4:13–18 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 4:13–18 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IX.9.