“Bridegroom” is one of the important scriptural titles for the Messiah. Jesus purposefully goes into hostile territory, Samaria. And while there, He starts up a conversation with an unmarried, perhaps-five-time-divorced, now-cohabitating, foreign, Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well.

And so here’s the question Pastor Chris asked about this famous encounter with the Woman at the Well: Are there any of marriage or betrothal themes present in the story? Yes, is the answer. Join us as we look at the encounter through the lens of Jewish Scripture and tradition and culture where we will see the Woman at the Well as a kind of symbol of the bride of Christ.

The artwork associated with this podcast is titled “Woman at the Well” by Wayne Forte. A closer detail of the work can be seen here.

Two other settings of the same story that Pastor Chris referenced were a 6th century mosaic by an unknown artist(s) and “The Woman of Samaria at the Well” by James Tissot.