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Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />A woman out of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, "Give Me to drink."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, &#8220Give Me a drink.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then a woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink”—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A woman of Samaria came to draw water. “Give me a drink,” Jesus said to her,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A woman of Samaria came to draw water. &#8220Give Me a drink,&#8221 Jesus said to her, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />A Samaritan woman went to get some water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink of water."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />A Samaritan woman came to draw some water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink of water." ( <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus told her, "Please give me a drink," <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ?Give Me a drink.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me some water to drink."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />there comes a woman out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, “Give Me to drink”;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />A woman out of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, "Give Me to drink."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> there cometh a woman out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, 'Give me to drink;'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />A woman of Samaria comes to draw water: Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />A woman of Samaria arrived to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me to drink.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And there came a woman from Samaria to draw water; and Jesus said to her, Give me water to drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And a woman from Samaria came to draw water and Yeshua said to her, “Give me water to drink.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. And Jesus said to her: Give me to drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />A woman comes from Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, <FR>Give me to drink.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />A woman of Samaria comes to draw water: Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />where a woman of Samaria being come to draw water, Jesus said to her, give me to drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, <FR>"Give Me to drink."<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><i>when</i> a woman of Samaria coming to draw water, Jesus saith unto her, <FR>Give me to drink.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/4-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=948" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/4.htm">Jesus and the Samaritan Woman</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4540.htm" title="4540: Samareias (N-GFS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Samaria, a city and region of Palestine.">When a Samaritan</a> <a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135: gynē (N-NFS) -- A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.">woman</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: Erchetai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- To come, go. ">came</a> <a href="/greek/501.htm" title="501: antlēsai (V-ANA) -- To draw (generally water from a deep well in the ground); perhaps: I draw out. From antlos; to bale up, i.e. Dip water.">to draw</a> <a href="/greek/5204.htm" title="5204: hydōr (N-ANS) -- Water. And genitive case, hudatos, etc. From the base of huetos; water literally or figuratively.">water,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legei (V-PIA-3S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">said</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autē (PPro-DF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">to her,</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: Dos (V-AMA-2S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">“Give</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: moi (PPro-D1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Me</a> <a href="/greek/4095.htm" title="4095: pein (V-ANA) -- To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.">a drink.” </a> </span> <span class="reftext">8</span>(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-38</a></span><br />On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-28.htm">John 19:28</a></span><br />After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Isaiah 55:1</a></span><br />“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-17.htm">Revelation 22:17</a></span><br />The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-42.htm">Matthew 10:42</a></span><br />And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-17.htm">Genesis 24:17-18</a></span><br />So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.” / “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/17-10.htm">1 Kings 17:10-11</a></span><br />So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.” / And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-7.htm">Numbers 20:7-11</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, / “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.” / So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/17-2.htm">Exodus 17:2-6</a></span><br />So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?” / But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” / Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a></span><br />“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-25.htm">Jeremiah 31:25</a></span><br />for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-8.htm">Zechariah 14:8</a></span><br />And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/25-21.htm">Proverbs 25:21</a></span><br />If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/3-9.htm">2 Kings 3:9-20</a></span><br />So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals. / “Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!” / But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-1.htm">Psalm 42:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. / My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus said to her, Give me to drink.</p><p class="hdg">Give.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/4-10.htm">John 4:10</a></b></br> Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/19-28.htm">John 19:28</a></b></br> After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-43.htm">Genesis 24:43</a></b></br> Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw <i>water</i>, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/2-8.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/john/2-10.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/john/4-6.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/luke/22-60.htm">Presently</a> <a href="/john/4-5.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/john/4-5.htm">Samar'ia</a> <a href="/luke/17-16.htm">Samaritan</a> <a href="/john/3-23.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/4-11.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/john/4-9.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/john/4-10.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/acts/5-10.htm">Presently</a> <a href="/john/4-9.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/john/4-9.htm">Samar'ia</a> <a href="/john/4-9.htm">Samaritan</a> <a href="/john/4-9.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">John 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-1.htm">Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria, and reveals his identity to her.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-27.htm">His disciples marvel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-31.htm">He declares to them his zeal for God's glory.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-39.htm">Many Samaritans believe on him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/4-43.htm">He departs into Galilee, and heals the ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When a Samaritan woman came to draw water</b><br>The encounter takes place at Jacob's well in Sychar, a town in Samaria. This well is significant as it connects to the patriarch Jacob, highlighting the deep historical roots of the location. Samaritans were descendants of Israelites who had intermarried with foreigners, leading to religious and cultural tensions with Jews. The act of a woman drawing water at noon, an unusual time due to the heat, suggests she may have been avoiding others, hinting at her social status or personal history.<p><b>Jesus said to her</b><br>Jesus initiates the conversation, breaking social norms. Jewish men typically did not speak publicly with women, especially Samaritan women, due to deep-seated animosities and religious differences. This action demonstrates Jesus' disregard for societal barriers and His mission to reach all people, foreshadowing the inclusion of Gentiles in the Gospel.<p><b>“Give Me a drink.”</b><br>This request is significant as it shows Jesus' humanity and willingness to engage with those considered outsiders. It also sets the stage for a deeper spiritual conversation about "living water," symbolizing eternal life and the Holy Spirit. This phrase echoes the humility and servanthood of Christ, who, though divine, asks for help from a Samaritan woman, illustrating His approachability and the breaking down of ethnic and gender barriers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure of the New Testament, the Son of God, who engages in a significant conversation with the Samaritan woman, breaking social norms.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/samaritan_woman.htm">Samaritan Woman</a></b><br>A resident of Samaria, she represents a group often despised by Jews due to historical and religious differences. Her encounter with Jesus is transformative.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a></b><br>A region between Judea and Galilee, inhabited by Samaritans who were of mixed heritage and had their own version of the Pentateuch, leading to tensions with Jews.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob's_well.htm">Jacob's Well</a></b><br>A historical and significant site for both Jews and Samaritans, symbolizing common heritage and the setting for this encounter.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_event.htm">The Event</a></b><br>Jesus' request for water initiates a profound dialogue about living water, worship, and revelation of His identity as the Messiah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/b/breaking_barriers.htm">Breaking Barriers</a></b><br>Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman teaches us to reach across cultural, social, and religious divides to share the Gospel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_water.htm">Living Water</a></b><br>Just as Jesus offered the Samaritan woman living water, we are called to seek and share the life-giving presence of the Holy Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/true_worship.htm">True Worship</a></b><br>Jesus' conversation points to worship in spirit and truth, emphasizing a personal and genuine relationship with God over ritualistic practices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_transformation.htm">Personal Transformation</a></b><br>The Samaritan woman's encounter with Jesus led to a change in her life and the lives of those in her community, illustrating the transformative power of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/evangelism.htm">Evangelism</a></b><br>The account encourages believers to share their personal encounters with Jesus, as the Samaritan woman did, leading others to faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_samaritan_woman_unnamed.htm">Why is the Samaritan woman unnamed, leaving no external historical record to corroborate the event in John 4?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_gospels_differ_on_jesus_and_gentiles.htm">Why do the Gospels present different accounts of how Jesus treated Gentiles?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_emotional_intelligence.htm">What defines emotional intelligence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_to_walk_in_love.htm">What does it mean to walk in love?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Of Samaria</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> of the country (<a href="/john/4-1.htm" title="When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,">John 4:1</a>), not of the city, which was nine miles farther north. She was of the people inhabiting the valley between Ebal and Gerizim, not, like Himself, a chance passenger by the well. The contrast is at once drawn between Him, a Jew and a man, and her, of Samaria and a woman.<p><span class= "bld">Give me to drink</span> is the almost always asked and almost never refused favour as the traveller meets the native by the well-side. He was wearied by the heat of the journey, and seeks the ordinary refreshment.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 7-26.</span> - <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> <span class="accented">The revelations and misunderstandings comprised in the interview with the Samaritaness.</span> <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 7-9.</span> - <p><span class="note_emph">(a)</span> <span class="accented">The Giver of all asks alms, submitting to conditions of humanity.</span> <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water.</span> The <span class="greek">ἐκ τῆς Σαμαρείας</span> undoubtedly qualifies the word <span class="greek">γυνή</span>, and not <span class="greek">ἔρχεται</span>; therefore the country, not the city, of Samaria is referred to. Besides, that city was at much too great a distance to be the home of this Samaritaness. There were other springs still nearer to the city of Sychar, which the women of the place would frequent. We need not, with Hengstenberg, suppose that, from a religious motive, one of reverence for the well of Jacob, this woman had chosen the longer walk and greater exertion, in the heat of the day. No hint of the kind occurs. The simple supposition that her home was hard by the well is sufficient to explain the somewhat unusual circumstance that she should have come alone and at midday. No longer, as in ancient times, did women of social position perform this duty (<a href="/genesis/24-15.htm">Genesis 24:15</a>; <a href="/exodus/2-16.htm">Exodus 2:16</a>). She by her action proclaimed her humble station in life. Hard work is performed by women at the present day in the East and South. <span class="cmt_word">Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.</span> This form of expression is not uncommon. The Lord was not only weary, but veritably thirsty. He had taken upon himself all our innocent desires and cravings. "He would know all, that he might succour all," and was intent upon conferring a blessing by asking a favour. He put it into her power to do him a kindness, just as when God evermore says, "Give me thy heart," when he is yearning to give himself to us. "It is more blessed to give than to receive." He will at once confer on this poor "waif and stray" the unspeakable privilege of bestowing the cup of cold water on the Lord of all. It is not that in the first instant he implied that he was thirsting for her salvation; that interpretation would almost lift the narrative into the purely symbolic region, greatly to its injury, and to the damage of the entire Gospel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/4-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">[When] a Samaritan</span><br /><span class="grk">Σαμαρείας</span> <span class="translit">(Samareias)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4540.htm">Strong's 4540: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Samaria, a city and region of Palestine.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">woman</span><br /><span class="grk">γυνὴ</span> <span class="translit">(gynē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1135.htm">Strong's 1135: </a> </span><span class="str2">A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἔρχεται</span> <span class="translit">(Erchetai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come, go. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">to draw</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀντλῆσαι</span> <span class="translit">(antlēsai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_501.htm">Strong's 501: </a> </span><span class="str2">To draw (generally water from a deep well in the ground); perhaps: I draw out. From antlos; to bale up, i.e. Dip water.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">water,</span><br /><span class="grk">ὕδωρ</span> <span class="translit">(hydōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5204.htm">Strong's 5204: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water. And genitive case, hudatos, etc. From the base of huetos; water literally or figuratively.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jesus</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰησοῦς</span> <span class="translit">(Iēsous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="grk">λέγει</span> <span class="translit">(legei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">to her,</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῇ</span> <span class="translit">(autē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Give</span><br /><span class="grk">Δός</span> <span class="translit">(Dos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> </span><span class="str2">To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Me</span><br /><span class="grk">μοι</span> <span class="translit">(moi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a drink.”</span><br /><span class="grk">πεῖν</span> <span class="translit">(pein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4095.htm">Strong's 4095: </a> </span><span class="str2">To drink, imbibe. 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