So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    Then came he to a cyte of Samaria called Sichar besydes the possession that Iacob gave to his sonne Ioseph.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    Then came hee to a citie of Samaria called Sychar, neere vnto the possession that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph.

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Cross-references (4)

Passages linked to John 4:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Joshua 24:32 They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
  • Genesis 33:19 He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.
  • Genesis 48:22 Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”
  • John 4:12 Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 5. Which is called Sichar Jerome, in his epitaph…

5. Which is called Sichar Jerome, in his epitaph on Paula, thinks that this is an incorrect reading, and that it ought to have been written Sichem; and, indeed, the latter appears to have been the ancient and true name; but it is probable that, in the time of the Evangelist, the word Sichar was already in common use. As to the place, it is generally agreed that it was a city situated close to Mount Gerizzim, the inhabitants of which were treacherously slain by Simeon and Levi, (Genesis 34:25,) and which Abimelech, a native of the place, afterwards razed to its foundations, (Judges 9:45.) But the convenience of its situation was such that, a third time, a city was built there, which, in the age of Jerome, they called Neapolis By adding so many circumstances, the Apostle removes all doubt; for we are clearly informed by Moses where that field was which Jacob assigned to the children of Joseph, (Genesis 48:22.) It is universally acknowledged, also, that Mount Gerizzim was near to Shechem. We shall afterwards state that a temple was built there; and there can be no doubt that Jacob dwelt a long time in that place with his family.

And Jesus, fatigued by the journey. He did not pretend weariness, but was actually fatigued; for, in order that he might be better prepared for the exercise of sympathy and compassion towards us, he took upon him our weaknesses, as the Apostle shows that

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we have not a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, (Hebrews 4:15.)

With this agrees the circumstance of the time; for it is not wonderful that, being thirsty and fatigued, he rested at the well about noon; for as the day, from sunrise to sunset, had twelve hours, the sixth hour was Noon When the Evangelist says that he sat thus, he means that it was the attitude of a man who was fatigued

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Gen. 33:19; Gen. 48:22; John 24:32
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The most valuable interpreters agree, that this Sychar is…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Sychar - Formerly called Sichem or Shechem. Jacob gave…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. A city - called Sychar] This city…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Sychar - This city stood about eight miles southeast…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain This is what Jacob gave to his son Joseph,…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain cometh . . . to--that is, as far as:…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. Sychar—Some think that the Jews, after their custom,…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. Then cometh he] Better, He cometh therefore; because…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) The “Samaria” of this chapter is the province…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, called…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 5. Then cometh he to a city of Samaria.…
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain J. W. McGarvey's The Fourfold Gospel [XXVI. B. At…

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