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

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  • WEB World English Bible

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

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

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

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

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

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Cross-references (9)

Passages linked to John 4:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Hebrews 4:15 For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
  • Hebrews 2:17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
  • Matthew 8:24 Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
  • Matthew 4:2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
  • Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
  • Luke 2:7 She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.
  • Luke 9:58 Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
  • John 11:9 Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

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Explain this verse (15 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Even as he was weary, or because he was…

Even as he was weary, or because he was weary.

It was almost noon.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain It was called Jacob’s, either because he digged it,…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now Jacob's well was there,.... So called, either because…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Jesus sat down - Weary as he was. It…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. Jacob's well was there.] Of this well…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Jacob’s well - This is not mentioned in the…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain wearied . . . sat thus--that is, "as you…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. Jacob’s well—Whether the well is Jacob’s or not,…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. Jacob’s well] Or, spring (Joh_4:11). It still exists,…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) Jacob’s well is one of the few spots…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Now Jacob"s well was there; more literally, now there…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 6. Now Jacob's well was there. It is still…
Alexander MacLaren 1905 · Public Domain Joh 4:6, Joh 4:32.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Give me some water

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