"Come and see someone who has told me everything that I have done. Can he be the Christ?"
At this all the people were astounded. "Is it possible that this is the son of David?" they exclaimed.
"I know," answered the woman, "that the Messiah, who is called the Christ, is coming; when once he has come, he will tell us everything."
So the woman, leaving her pitcher, went back to the town, and said to the people:
And the people left the town and went to see Jesus.
Many from that town came to believe in Jesus--Samaritans though they were--on account of the woman's statement--'He has told me everything that I have done.'
Yet here he is, speaking out boldly, and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that our leading men have really discovered that he is the Christ?
Many of the people, however, believed in him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?"
'Come,' say the Spirit and the Bride; and let him who hears say 'Come.' Let him who thirsts come; let him who will take the Water of Life freely.