Context: This is part of the passage where Jesus talks to the Samaritan woman at the well.
Text:
23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
25The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us."
26Then Jesus declared, "I who speak to you am he." (NIV)
taken from www.biblegateway.com
I don't think I really noticed it before, but look at what the woman says about what the Messiah will do when he comes. She doesn't say that he will save people from their sin, or that he will save the Jews from persecution. She says that "he will explain everything to us."
Jesus spoke regularly to anyone who would listen, and he tried to clarify things even when others (like the Pharisees) didn't really want to listen. The gospel writers recorded him saying "I tell you the truth" more than twenty times. He spoke in parables and in the language of the time to help people understand the concepts he brought.
"If anyone has ears, let him hear." (Mk 4:23)
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