Post by Josh on Mar 7, 2013 11:12:25 GMT -8
John 4:19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
I was listening to Douglas' teaching on John from the other week and a question came to my mind: given that the Samaritans (similar to the Sadduccees) only accepted the Pentateuch as sacred Scripture, what specifics regarding the Messiah would they have anticipated. There are few possible or potential references to the Messiah in the Pentateuch, so how might that have flavored their expectations?