“And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.”
They said to the woman, 'We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour of the world.' — the progression is significant: word-faith (v. 39) → direct encounter-faith (v. 41) → comprehensive theological affirmation (v. 42). The title Savior of the world (soter tou kosmou) breaks radically from Jewish particularism, extending salvation beyond Israel to all humanity. This universalism, announced through a Samaritan community, prefigures John 3:16.
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