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John 4:27-42

Come, See a Man

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Come, See a Man

John 4:27-42

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This song belongs to the John collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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John
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John
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[Chorus] Come, see a man who told me all I ever did; Come out from the city, see if this is Christ. I left my waterpot; I could not keep it hid: Come, hear His word and find the well of life. [Verse 1] The disciples came and marvelled at the sight, Yet no one voiced the questions in his mind. The city heard my witness and began to move; The road filled up with seekers from behind. [Interlude - 4 bars] [Verse 2] They pressed the Master, saying, Master, eat; He spoke of meat they did not understand: To do the will of Him who sent Me here, To finish all His work, this is My bread. [Bridge] Lift up your eyes; the fields are white already. One soweth seed, another reaps the grain; The reaper gathers fruit to life eternal, And sower with the reaper shall rejoice again. [Verse 3] We asked Him to remain, and He abode two days; At first we trusted what the woman testified. Then many more believed because we heard His word: We know this is the Christ, the Saviour of the world. [Outro] Come, see a man, then hear Him for yourself. We heard His word and asked Him to remain; Now we know the Christ, the Saviour of the world, The promised One who brings eternal life.

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John 4: A conversation crosses the boundary

At Jacob’s well, a request for water crosses a social boundary and opens into questions of gift, identity, and worship. Jesus is tired enough to sit and thirsty enough to ask for a drink, yet he is also the one offering living water. The Samaritan woman moves from practical objections to recognition that he knows her life, then to the question of Messiah. Her testimony brings the town, and the townspeople move from believing her report to hearing Jesus for themselves and calling him “the Saviour of the world.” Meanwhile the disciples misunderstand food just as she first misunderstood water, discovering that outsiders do not have a monopoly on literal thinking. The Book of John ends the chapter with a nobleman who must trust Jesus’ word before seeing its result, turning distance itself into a test of whether life depends on physical proximity.

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