The Word Made Flesh: Divine Glory and Human Weariness

John's Gospel holds in creative tension the two natures of Christ—the Word and the flesh. Where other evangelists might spare us the indignity, John insists on recording Christ's thirst upon the Cross and His weariness at Jacob's well. This is no mere theatrical concession to realism. When Jesus sits thus upon the well—that untranslatable word conveying utter exhaustion, a man collapsing as he is, without preparation or dignity—we witness something precious: the reality of His Manhood.…