The priest had that morning performed the imposing ceremony which represented the smiting of the rock in the wilderness and the issuing therefrom of the water. That rock was a figure of Christ. His words were the water of life. As Jesus spoke thus to the people, their hearts thrilled with a strange awe, and many were ready to exclaim, with the woman of Samaria, “Give me of this water, that I thirst not.” {2SP 346.1}

Præsten havde om morgnen den højtidelige ceremoni, der afbildede klippen i ørknen, som blev slået, så at vandet strømmede ud af den. Klippen var et forbillede på Kristus. Hans ord var livets vand. Idet Jesus således talte til folket, fyldtes deres hjerte med en underlig ærefrygt, og mange var rede til at udråbe med kvinden fra Samaria: "Giv mig det vand, så jeg ikke mere skal tørste."