Jesus had told his apostles not to identify him as the Messiah, yet he did not rigidly cling to that rule when he identified himself as such to a Samaritan woman at the well.
(‏ مرقس ۱ :‏ ​ ۴۰ -‏ ۴۲ ؛‏ ۵ :‏ ​ ۲۵ -‏ ۳۴‏ ؛‏ همچنین لوقا ۵ :‏ ​ ۱۲،‏۱۳ مشاهده شود .‏ )‏