The (Shunned) Woman at the Well

by Sea Breeze 33 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • Sea Breeze
    Sea Breeze

    peacefulpete,

    I can't hear you either, but know what you just said. Is God greater than a computer?

  • LongHairGal
    LongHairGal

    JHINE:

    I agree with you that Jesus preaching to this ‘woman at the well’ was to show he viewed women better than the society around him viewed them.

    This woman went to the well when she did because of how she was viewed in her society because of her lifestyle and perhaps to avoid insults by other older women. They lived in a time where people were extreme and had to dress a certain way according to their station in life, etc.

    People can speculate all they want about what she may or may not have been thinking, but I believe she was probably treated and/or viewed badly and went out and about when she was less likely to encounter unpleasant people - and wanted to be left in peace. I would have probably done the same thing.

  • jhine
    jhine

    LHG , l agree .

    Jan

  • peacefulpete
    peacefulpete
    I can't hear you either, but know what you just said. Is God greater than a computer?

    My wife pretending to be me typed that.

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