John 4:12
Douay-Rheims
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
John Chrysostom
(Hom. xxxi. 4) As if she said, Thou canst not say that Jacob gave us this spring, and used another himself; for he and they that were with him drank thereof, which would not have been done, had he had another better one. Thou canst not then give me of this spring; and Thou hast not another better spring, unless Thou confess Thyself greater than Jacob. Whence then hast Thou the water, which Thou promisest to give us?
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 4:7-12
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