John 4:12

Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”

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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, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?

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

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:2For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

John 4:6Jacob’s well was there. Yeshua therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Hebrews 3:3For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor 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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