John 4:4

He needed to pass through Samaria.

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In The King James Version

And he must needs go through Samaria.

In Context

3he left Judea and departed into Galilee.

5So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

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Cross References

Luke 2:49He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

Luke 17:11As he was on his way to Jerusalem, he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.

Matthew Henry on John 4:2-4

Christ's Journey into Galilee. 1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3 He left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee. We read of Christ's coming into Judea ( ch. iii. 22 ), after he had kept the feast at Jerusalem; and now he left Judea four months before harvest, as is said here ( v. 35 ); so that it is computed that he staid in Judea about six months, to build upon the foundation… Read the whole commentary →

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