I found the following about the story of the Woman at the Well in John, chapter four, very interesting:
Jesus now reveals Himself to the woman in a few simple words. I am He, the man that is speaking to you. Jesus is the one Savior that can and will give to all men the full Gospel of salvation. He is the Savior of the world. There was not danger in this announcement of the Lord in Samaria, for, unlike the Jews, the Samaritans did not regard the promised Messiah as a king who was to inaugurate political changes, but as a prophet and teacher who would give them the full revelation of God's Word and will. But the plain words of Jesus had taught the woman the true meaning of the Messiah, and she, the sinner, believed Him to be the Savior of sinners.
Paul E. Kretzmann, in "Treasury of Daily Prayer," page 1203
