John 4:12

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

Text-Critical English NT

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 said to him, “Sir, yoʋ do not even have a bucket to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then can yoʋ get this living water?

13Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will thirst again,

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Cross References

John 4:6Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, wearied as he was from the journey, sat by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Hebrews 3:3Yet Jesus is considered worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more 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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