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Text -- John 4:1-8 (NET)
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Departure From Judea
4:1 Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John
4:2 (although Jesus himself was not baptizing , but his disciples were),
4:3 he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee .
Conversation With a Samaritan Woman
4:4 But he had to pass through Samaria .
4:5 Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar , near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph .
4:6 Jacob’s well was there , so Jesus , since he was tired from the journey , sat right down beside the well . It was about noon .
4:7 A Samaritan woman came to draw water . Jesus said to her , “Give me some water to drink .”
4:8 (For his disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies .)
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Shechem |
Samaria |
Jesus, The Christ |
Jacob |
Samaritans |
Jacob's Well |
JACOBS WELL |
Roads |
SYCHAR |
Galilee |
JACOB (1) |
JESUS CHRIST, 4B |
Canaan |
JOHN, GOSPEL OF |
BAPTISM (NON-IMMERSIONIST VIEW) |
ANDREW |
BAPTISM (LUTHERAN DOCTRINE) |
PALESTINE, 3 |
Baptism |
WELL |
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NET Notes: Joh 4:3 The author doesn’t tell why Jesus chose to set out once more for Galilee. Some have suggested that the Pharisees turned their attention to Jesus...
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NET Notes: Joh 4:4 Samaria. The Samaritans were descendants of 2 groups: (1) The remnant of native Israelites who were not deported after the fall of the Northern Kingdo...
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NET Notes: Joh 4:6 It was about noon. The suggestion has been made by some that time should be reckoned from midnight rather than sunrise. This would make the time 6 a.m...
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NET Notes: Joh 4:7 The phrase “some water” is supplied as the understood direct object of the infinitive πεῖν (pein).
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