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NASB | Mark 1:10 Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 1:10 Immediately coming up out of the water, he (John) saw the heavens torn open, and the Spirit like a dove descending on Him (Jesus); |
Subject: The gift of God |
Bible Note: Ray, Concerning Joh 4:10 (KJV) "Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water." You wrote: I see Jesus as saying, "If you had the living water -- if you knew the gift of God -- you would know who He is who is speaking to you." I wrote: I see the gift as being Jesus Himself and the salvation He offered the women through Him. I actually think that our meanings are the same except yours omits the “acceptance and repentance” or the “asking” aspect for the gift He was offering. For when I first learned of our Lord I was asking, asking for answers; answers to questions I really didn’t know. Then, after hearing of this gift and accepting what I heard and being made aware of my ways and repenting, the living water was given. And this is why He opened the dialog with this woman. The gifts of the above Scripture are all Jesus (not oneness); we cannot separate them? This is one of the great visual pictures of the grace of God. Perhaps a short history of the Samaritans would be advantageous to the other readers following this thread. Samaritans: The name given to the new and mixed inhabitants whom Esarhaddon (677 B.C.), the king of Assyria, brought from Babylon and other places and settled in the cities of Samaria, instead of the original inhabitants whom Sargon (721 B.C.) had removed into captivity (2Ki 17:24; compare Ezr 4:2, Ezr 4:9, Ezr 4:10). These strangers (compare Luk 17:18) amalgamated with the Jews still remaining in the land, and gradually abandoned their old idolatry and adopted partly the Jewish religion. After the return from the Captivity, the Jews in Jerusalem refused to allow them to take part with them in rebuilding the temple, and hence sprang up an open enmity between them. They erected a rival temple on Mount Gerizim, which was, however, destroyed by a Jewish king (130 B.C.). They then built another at Shechem. The bitter enmity between the Jews and Samaritans continued in the time of our Lord: the Jews had “no dealings with the Samaritans” (Joh 4:9; compare Luk 9:52, Luk 9:53). Our Lord was in contempt called “a Samaritan” (Joh 8:48). Many of the Samaritans early embraced the gospel (John 4:5-42; Act 8:25; Act 9:31; Act 15:3). Of these Samaritans there still remains a small population of about one hundred and sixty, who all reside in Shechem, where they carefully observe the religious customs of their fathers. They are the “smallest and oldest sect in the world.” (Easton’s Bible Dictionary) Jesus has always reached out to the politically incorrect and the socially poor. Without change, something sleeps deep inside us. (?) terrib |