John 4:12
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Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
In other translations
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
Greek words
μὴmēNotG3361σὺsuYou yourselfG4771μείζωνmeizōngreaterG3173εἶeiareG1510τοῦtou[than] theG3588πατρὸςpatrosfatherG3962ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165Ἰακώβ,IakōbJacob,G2384ὃςhoswhoG3739ἔδωκενedōkengaveG1325ἡμῖνhēminusG3165τὸtotheG3588φρέαρ,phrearwell,G5421καὶkaiandG2532αὐτὸςautoshimselfG846ἐξexofG1537αὐτοῦautouitG846ἔπιενepiendrankG4095καὶkaiandG2532οἱhoitheG3588υἱοὶhuioisonsG5207αὐτοῦautouof himG846καὶkaiandG2532τὰtatheG3588θρέμματαthremmatalivestockG2353αὐτοῦ;¶autouof him?G846
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Related verses
- Matthew 12:42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
- John 8:53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
- Hebrews 3:3For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
- Isaiah 53:2-32 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.2 He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
- John 4:6Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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People and places
People: Jacob