29.Q. Did not the woman tell an untruth here?
A. No, for Christ might have told her all. However, as Christ had revealed to her the greatest secret of her life, she might easily infer that he could tell her every thing else.
32.Q. What may we learn from this answer?
A. That we ought, after the example of our master, to forego our ordinary meals sometimes for the sake of doing good. And we may also learn, that a true christian has meat to eat, spiritual comforts, which the world knows not of: a stranger intermeddleth not with his joys.
34.Q. What learn we hence?
A. That it ought to be our meat and drink, or as much pleasure and our constant business to do the will of God, as to supply our bodies with proper food.
35.Q. What does Christ mean when he bids his disciples “to lift up their eyes?”
A. In all probability, he pointed to the Samaritans whom he saw crowding over the fields, coming to hear his doctrine.
38.Q. What does Christ mean by this?
A. That the prophets had prepared the way for his coming, by their prophecies, which made the disciples work far more easy.