John 4:40

4:40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. He stayed there two days,

John 7:44

7:44 Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.


tn Following the arrival of the Samaritans, the imperfect verb has been translated as ingressive.

tn Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the sequencing with the following verse, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

sn Compare John 7:30 regarding the attempt to seize Jesus.