Not Gatorade, it's eternal made! pt.2

I left off in the last post about the importance of the time of day. It was noon it tells us in verse 6. Noon, the hottest part of the day. Why would a woman walk alone by herself a mile out of town to get water at the hottest time of the day? She was a lowlife! The well in Jesus' day was like Starbucks of today, it was the place to be in the morning to catch up with friends and listen to Mumford and Sons and Guster ad nauseaum. The Samaritan woman had no friends and we find out in a later verse that she has no friends because she has been married fives times and is currently with a guy she isn't married to. Nobody wanted to be associated with her. The Samaritans were heathens, but they still had standards. Getting divorced in that time was bad, do it 5 times and you have a recurring spot on the Jerry Springer Show. She was disliked and probably plagued with gossip, which has led her to coming out to the well at the hottest time of the day so she would be alone. It would be adisgrace for her to arrive at the well alone. She was a epic loser in love. Think about it, being a Samaritan she was hated by Jews, but because of her infidelities she was hated by her own people. She was hated by everyone, until Jesus came along.

In verse 7 the dialogue between Jesus and the woman begins and Jesus is about to break every social rule of that day, there was to break!

7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.),

9 The Samaritan woman said to him,“You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

Jesus is left alone at the well and the Samaritan woman comes up to draw some water and Jesus asks for some water. To us in this day and age asking for a drink wouldn't be seen as odd, but in Jesus' day it was a social no-no. A man would never address a woman in public, especially if they were alone. There were Jews who would not address a woman in public, even if it was their sister, daughter, or wife. They didn't want anyone to get the wrong impression. They didn't want to be tempted either. There were these Pharisees, they were called the "Bleeding Pharisees" since they would walk around with there head down, staring at the ground running into things, just so they wouldn't be tempted by a woman. These people took this very serious. The woman knows the social rules and questions Jesus how he would even dare speak to her since" 1.) she is a Samaritan and 2.)an alone woman. She states that she is a Samaritan and that is request is outlandish. The author John even makes note that Jews don't associate with Samaritans at the end of verse 9. It is that important that John gives commentary to his own writing.