John 4:6

Jacob’s Spring was there, and Jesus, being tired after his journey, sat down beside the spring, just as he was. It was then about midday.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5and, on his way, he came to a Samaritan town called Shechem, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

7A woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said to her – “Give me some to drink,”

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Cross References

Matthew 8:24Suddenly so great a storm came up on the sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep;

Luke 2:7and she gave birth to her first child, a son. And because there was no room for them in the inn, she swathed him around and laid him in a manger.

John 11:9“Are not there twelve hours in the day?” answered Jesus. “If someone walks about in the daytime, they don’t stumble, because they can see the light of the sun;

Hebrews 2:17And consequently it was necessary that he should in all points be made like his brothers and sisters, in order that he might prove a merciful as well as a faithful high priest in humanity’s relations with God, for the purpose of expiating the sins of his people.

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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