The Saviour of the World

This title was first spoken not by apostles but by Samaritans. After a woman at Jacob's well told her town about the man who 'told me all that ever I did,' many came to Jesus and asked him to stay. After two days they said, '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.' That people long kept at a distance by the Jews should be first to call him this shows the reach of his mission. John later echoed it: 'the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.'

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Strongest connections in Scripture

John 4 1 John 4

Key Passages

This Is Indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the World

John 4:39-42

A Samaritan town moves from secondhand report to firsthand faith in Jesus as Saviour of the world.

A³⁹nd many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. ⁴¹ And many more believed because of his own word; ⁴² 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.