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John, Mark, Matthew, and Luke were developed through direct Greek analysis, lexical work, and manuscript comparison. Where surviving witnesses materially disagree, the competing Greek readings and their effect on English remain open to the reader.
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SBL Greek New Testament
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John 4
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john.4.livingWater
ὕδωρ ζῶν · hydōr zōn
TRANSLATIONunresolved confidence
How should ‘living water’ sound in English?
The phrase can name fresh, flowing water while also carrying the life-giving sense developed in the conversation. Rendering only one sense collapses the wordplay.
Why this default
“Living water” is default because the same phrase can denote fresh, flowing water and develop into Jesus’ life-giving image. “Flowing” resolves the phrase at the woman’s physical level; “life-giving” resolves it at the discourse’s symbolic level.
Evidence
ExternalNo separate external-evidence note is recorded for this stable-text decision.
InternalThe decision record relies on the stated lexical, grammatical, or translation rationale.
Project defaultliving water
Project default · both senses remain open
Alternativeflowing water
Ordinary physical sense foregrounded
Alternativelife-giving water
Symbolic force foregrounded
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