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John 4:5 KJV
John · chapter 4 · verse 5
Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.John 4:5 · King James Version
John 4:5 in context
3He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
4And he must needs go through Samaria.
5Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
7There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
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Key words (Strong's)
- SamariasamareiaSamaria = " guardianship" , a territory in Palestine, which had Samaria as its…G4540 →
- calledlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- SycharsycharSychar = "drunken", probably another name for the town of Shechem, a town in Samaria…G4965 →
- groundchōriona space, a place, a region, a district, a piece of ground, a field, landG5564 →
- JacobiakōbJacob = " heel-catcher or supplanter" , was the second son of Isaac, the father…G2384 →
- citypolisa city, one s native city, the city in which one lives, the heavenly Jerusalem, the abode…G4172 →
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We have here an account of the good Christ did in Samaria, when he passed through that country in his way to Galilee. The Samaritans, both in blood and religion, were mongrel Jews, the posterity of those colonies which the king of Assyria planted there after the captivity of the ten tribes, with whom the poor of the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-26