John 4:12

Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

Majority Standard Bible

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

11“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

13Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

John 4:6Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Hebrews 3:3For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

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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