Comments on: Why He Had To Go There http://blog.faith20.org/2006/08/31/why-he-had-to-go-there/ Helping people live better lives by re-examining what they really believe. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:09:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Places I’ve Been « A Place For The God-Hungry http://blog.faith20.org/2006/08/31/why-he-had-to-go-there/comment-page-1/#comment-2972 Places I’ve Been « A Place For The God-Hungry Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:07:10 +0000 http://blog.faith20.org/?p=437#comment-2972 [...]  A good piece by John Alan Turner on the woman at the well.  This post gives me renewed appreciation for this story. [...] [...]  A good piece by John Alan Turner on the woman at the well.  This post gives me renewed appreciation for this story. [...]

]]> By: John Alan Turner http://blog.faith20.org/2006/08/31/why-he-had-to-go-there/comment-page-1/#comment-2463 John Alan Turner Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:15:45 +0000 http://blog.faith20.org/?p=437#comment-2463 Kathy, While women were not given many rights at the time, they were given the chance to veto weddings. Also, after a while, she would have certainly been an adult -- on her own -- her father would not have arranged subsequent marriages for her after the first three. The most generous rabbis of the time allowed for up to three marriages, so her parents would have been done after the third one. Finally, moving in with a man to whom she was not married would have had to be her own pesonal choice. The average life span of a man in the first century was late-30s or early-40s. I'm not sure about the average life span of women at the time. It couldn't have been too much different. Kathy,
While women were not given many rights at the time, they were given the chance to veto weddings. Also, after a while, she would have certainly been an adult — on her own — her father would not have arranged subsequent marriages for her after the first three. The most generous rabbis of the time allowed for up to three marriages, so her parents would have been done after the third one. Finally, moving in with a man to whom she was not married would have had to be her own pesonal choice.

The average life span of a man in the first century was late-30s or early-40s. I’m not sure about the average life span of women at the time. It couldn’t have been too much different.

]]> By: Kathy Chaffin http://blog.faith20.org/2006/08/31/why-he-had-to-go-there/comment-page-1/#comment-2452 Kathy Chaffin Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:19:00 +0000 http://blog.faith20.org/?p=437#comment-2452 Who says she chose to keep trying? Most first marriages then were arranged by male members of the family and love had nothing to do with it. Subsequent marriages were likely also arranged and were economic choices rather than emotional ones. Shacking up may well have been the first decision she made on her own. Considering the short average life span then, I'm curious about her age at the time of her conversation with Jesus. Who says she chose to keep trying? Most first marriages then were arranged by male members of the family and love had nothing to do with it. Subsequent marriages were likely also arranged and were economic choices rather than emotional ones. Shacking up may well have been the first decision she made on her own.

Considering the short average life span then, I’m curious about her age at the time of her conversation with Jesus.

]]> By: Greg England http://blog.faith20.org/2006/08/31/why-he-had-to-go-there/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 Greg England Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:16:44 +0000 http://blog.faith20.org/?p=437#comment-2437 And isn't this woman the first missionary for Christ? And isn’t this woman the first missionary for Christ?

]]> By: Tim Spivey http://blog.faith20.org/2006/08/31/why-he-had-to-go-there/comment-page-1/#comment-2436 Tim Spivey Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:19:35 +0000 http://blog.faith20.org/?p=437#comment-2436 John...thanks for the thoughts...really well written. John…thanks for the thoughts…really well written.

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