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John 4:5-30

So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph. Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”

Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”

Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

The woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’

for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”

Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.” At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?” So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?”

They went out of the city, and were coming to him.

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Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples), he left Judea and departed into Galilee. He needed to pass through Samaria. So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph. Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”

Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”

Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

The woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’

for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”

Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.” At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?” So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?”

They went out of the city, and were coming to him. In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”

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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.

    Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

    A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”

    For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

    The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

    Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

    The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?

    Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”

    Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,

    but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

    The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”

    Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

    The woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’

    for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.”

    The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

    Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”

    Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.

    You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

    But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.

    God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

    The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”

    Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.”

    At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”

    So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people,

    “Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?”

    They went out of the city, and were coming to him.

  • 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.

    And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then weryed in his iorney sate thus on the well. And it was about the sixte houre:

    and there came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. And Iesus sayde vnto her: geve me drynke.

    For his disciples were gone awaye vnto the toune to bye meate.

    Then sayde the woman of Samaria vnto him: how is it that thou beinge a Iewe axest drinke of me which am a Samaritane? for the Iewes medle not with the Samaritans.

    Iesus answered and sayde vnto hir: yf thou knewest the gyfte of God and who it is that sayeth to the geve me drynke thou woldest have axed of him and he wolde have geven the water of lyfe.

    The woman sayde vnto him. Syr thou hast no thinge to drawe with and the well is depe: from whence then hast thou that water of lyfe?

    Arte thou greater then oure father Iacob which gave vs the well and he him silfe dranke therof and his chyldren and his catell?

    Iesus answered and sayde vnto hir: whosoever drinketh of this water shall thurst agayne.

    But whosoever shall drinke of the water that I shall geve him shall never be more a thyrst: but the water that I shall geve him shalbe in him a well of water springinge vp in to everlastinge lyfe.

    The woman sayd vnto him: Syr geve me of that water that I thyrst not nether come hedder to drawe.

    Iesus sayde vnto her. Go and call thy husband and come hydder.

    The woman answered and sayde to him: I have no husband. Iesus sayde to her. Thou hast well sayd I have no husbande.

    For thou haste had five husbandes and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband. That saydest thou truely.

    The woman sayde vnto him: Syr I perceave that thou arte a prophet.

    Oure fathers worshipped in this mountayne: and ye saye that in Hierusalem is the place where men ought to worshippe.

    Iesus sayde vnto her: woman beleve me the houre cometh when ye shall nether in this moutayne nor yet at Ierusalem worshippe the father.

    Ye worshippe ye wot not what: we knowe what we worshippe. For salvacion cometh of the Iewes.

    But the houre commeth and nowe is when the true worshippers shall worshippe the father in sprete and in trouthe. For verely suche the father requyreth to worshippe him.

    God is a sprete and they that worshippe him must worshippe him in sprete and trouthe.

    The woman sayde vnto him: I wot well Messias shall come which is called Christ. When he is come he will tell vs all thinges.

    Iesus sayde vnto hir: I that speake vnto the am he.

    And even at that poynte came his disciples and marvelled that he talked with the woman. Yet no man sayde vnto him: what meanest thou or why talkest thou with her?

    The woman then lefte her waterpot and went her waye into the cite and sayde to the men.

    Come se a man which tolde me all thinges that ever I dyd. Is not he Christ?

    Then they went out of the cite and came vnto him.

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  • 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.

    And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then wearied in the iourney, sate thus on the well: it was about the sixt houre.

    There came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus sayd vnto her, Giue me drinke.

    For his disciples were gone away into the citie, to buy meate.

    Then sayde the woman of Samaria vnto him, Howe is it, that thou being a Iewe, askest drinke of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Iewes meddle not with the Samaritans.

    Iesus answered and saide vnto her, If thou knewest that gift of God, and who it is that saieth to thee, Giue mee drinke, thou wouldest haue asked of him, and hee woulde haue giuen thee, water of life.

    The woman saide vnto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to drawe with, and the well is deepe: from whence then hast thou that water of life?

    Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and hee himselfe dranke thereof, and his sonnes, and his cattell?

    Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe:

    But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shall giue him, shall neuer be more a thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water, springing vp into euerlasting life.

    The woman said vnto him, Syr, giue me of that water, that I may not thirst, neither come hither to drawe.

    Iesus said vnto her, Go, call thine husband, and come hither.

    The woman answered, and saide, I haue no husband. Iesus said vnto her, Thou hast well said, I haue no husband.

    For thou hast had fiue husbands, and he whom thou nowe hast, is not thine husband: that saidest thou truely.

    The woman saide vnto him, Sir, I see that thou art a Prophet.

    Our fathers worshipped in this mountaine, and ye say, that in Ierusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

    Iesus saide vnto her, Woman, beleeue me, the houre commeth, when ye shall neither in this mountaine, nor at Hierusalem worship ye Father.

    Ye worship that which ye knowe not: we worship that which we knowe: for saluation is of the Iewes.

    But the houre commeth, and nowe is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit, and trueth: for the Father requireth euen such to worship him.

    God is a Spirite, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and trueth.

    The woman said vnto him, I knowe well that Messias shall come which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell vs all things.

    Iesus said vnto her, I am he, that speake vnto thee.

    And vpon that, came his disciples, and marueiled that he talked with a woman: yet no man said vnto him, What askest thou? or why talkest thou with her?

    The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the citie, and said to the men,

    Come, see a man which hath tolde me all things that euer I did: is not he that Christ?

    Then they went out of the citie, and came vnto him.

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  • Luke 7:39 (vv19, 27) Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what…
  • Exodus 17:6 (v10) Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may…
  • 1 Samuel 12:24 (v23) Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.
  • Ezra 4:2 (v22) they came near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as…
  • Psalms 46:4 (v10) There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
  • Isaiah 35:6 (v10) Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in…
  • Isaiah 41:17-18 (v10) The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will…
  • Isaiah 55:6-9 (v10) Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let…
  • Daniel 9:24-26 (v25) “Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make…
  • Matthew 10:42 (v7) Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no…
  • Mark 14:61-62 (v26) But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” Jesus said, “I…

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 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

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv5, 6, 9, 10, 20, 23, 24 Gen. 33:19; Gen. 48:22; John 24:32
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv5–30 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv5–30 The most valuable interpreters agree, that this Sychar is…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain On vv7, 10, 11, 15, 19, 21, 24, 25, 27 Observe here, 1. How all our motions and actions…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On v27 We have here the remainder of the story of…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv5–30 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Sychar - Formerly called Sichem or Shechem. Jacob gave…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 Verse 5. A city - called Sychar] This city…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv7, 9, 10, 13, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28 Joh 4:7-8. There cometh — At the very juncture…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv5–30 Sychar - This city stood about eight miles southeast…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv5, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29 This is what Jacob gave to his son Joseph,…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 cometh . . . to--that is, as far as:…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv5–30 5. Sychar—Some think that the Jews, after their custom,…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv5–30 5. Then cometh he] Better, He cometh therefore; because…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv5–30 (5) The “Samaria” of this chapter is the province…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, called…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29 How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest…
The Expositor's Bible 1887 · Public Domain On v17 Chapter 10
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain On vv5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29 5. Then cometh he to a city of Samaria.…
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain On v27 Joh_4:27. Marvelled.—The disciples evidently thought that Jesus would conduct…
Alexander MacLaren 1905 · Public Domain On vv6, 7, 10, 14, 26 Joh 4:6, Joh 4:32.
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain On v5 J. W. McGarvey's The Fourfold Gospel [XXVI. B. At…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On vv22, 23, 24, 27 (See Scofield "Rom 1:16")
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On vv7, 11, 16, 19, 25 The beginning of the conversation:
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28 Give me some water
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27 4:7 Due to the heat, it was customary for…
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