SBW-NT-I Syllabus

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SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF BIBLE WOMEN

LESSON 5

PERIOD OF BEGINNINGS

New Testament Women

The Fading Jewish Age

From Jesus’ Baptism to His Rejection at Nazareth

About 15 Months

(References in John unless otherwise noted)

SAMARITAN WOMAN

1. Near what city and district did she live (4:5)?

2. Who came there and sat down by a well to rest (4:6)?

3. Where had His disciples gone? Why (4:8)?

4. What may have been the occupation of this woman (4:7)?

5. What was the occupation of many women (Gen 24:13)?

6. Name some of these noted women (Gen 24:15; 29:9-10; Exod 2:16).

7. What request did Jesus make of the Samaritan woman (4:7)?

8. She appears to resent the request, but for what reason (4:9)? The Samaritans were a

mixed race, half Jew and half Gentile (2 Kings 17:24, 27, 29; Ezra 4:10; Ezra 10:18-44).

The Jews hated the Samaritans and the feeling was mutual.

9. Jesus avoided an argument, by offering living water. What was He talking about (4:10)?

10.Having misunderstood Him, how did she try to show its impossibility (4:11)?

11.Honoring Jacob above Jesus, what was her argument (4:11-12)?

12.How does Jesus contrast the waters (4:13-14)?

13.How did He express this same idea later (7:37-38)?

14.Of what did Jesus speak; when was it given (7:39)?

15.When did three thousand receive this gift of the Spirit (Acts 2:38)?

16.Now that she is interested, for what does she ask (4:15)?

17.With what request did Jesus lay bare her life (4:16)?

18.What full confession did she make (4:17)?

19.Explain how Christ exposed her marital status (4:17-18).

20.She could have had five lawful husbands if they had all died, but what about the “husband”

she had now (4:18)?

21.Of what is she now fully convinced (4:19)?

22.To subdue and pacify her conscience, she contends for what place of worship (4:20)?

23.How did Christ show her that “places” of worship are to cease (4:21)?

24.How were the Samaritans worshipping? Who had the true worship (4:22)?

25.What are to be the true elements of acceptable worship (4:23)?

26.What is the “must” of real worship (4:24)?

27.How do we explain that she expected the Messiah to come (4:25-26)?

28.In her joy and excitement, what did she do (4:28)?

29.What was her invitation to her people (4:29)?

30.What were the results of her tidings to her people (4:30, 39-42)?

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