so He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property[a] that Jacob(A) had given his son Joseph.(B) Jacob’s well(C) was there, and Jesus, worn out from His journey, sat down at the well. It was about six in the evening.[b]

A woman of Samaria came to draw water.(D)

“Give Me a drink,” Jesus said to her,

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:5 Lit piece of land
  2. John 4:6 Lit the sixth hour; see note at Jn 1:39; an alt. time reckoning would be noon

So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(A) Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”(B)

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