John 4:12

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

In Context

11The woman says to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water?

13Jesus answered and said to her, Every one who drinks of this water shall thirst again;

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:2For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

John 4:6Now a fountain of Jacob's was there; Jesus therefore, being wearied with the way he had come, sat just as he was at the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

Hebrews 3:3For *he* has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house.

Matthew Henry on John 4:5-27

Christ at the Well of Samaria. 4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 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. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria… Read the whole commentary →

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