Samaritan Woman at the Well


John 4, 1 - 26

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs go through Samaria. 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. 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. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 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. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.





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Fragment of the Ara Pacis, the temple of Peace,        
13-9 BCE, consecrated in Rome by Augustus to celebrate 
his victories in Spain.                                
Marble,114 x 147 cm                                    
Ma 1088
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Fragment of the Ara Pacis, the temple of Peace, 13-9 BCE, consecrated i...

The East Gate of Sichem.                               
Late Canaanite, early                                  
Israelite, time of the Judges
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The East Gate of Sichem. Late Canaanite, early...

The outer wall of Sichem.                              
Late Canaanite, early                                  
Israelite, time of the Judges
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The outer wall of Sichem. Late Canaanite, early...

The outer wall of Sichem.                              
Late Canaanite, early                                  
Israelite, time of the Judges
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The outer wall of Sichem. Late Canaanite, early...

"Mezabah" (Great Stone), temple precinct               
of Sichem, Tel Balatah near Nablus.                    
Book of Joshua mentions a "Great Stone"                
(Late Bronze Age)
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"Mezabah" (Great Stone), temple precinct of Sichem, Tel Balatah n...

"Mezabah" (Large Stone) in the temple precinct
of Sichem, Tel Balatah near Nablus.
Book of Joshua mentions a "Great Stone"
(Late Bronze Age)
#08030225

"Mezabah" (Large Stone) in the temple precinct of Sichem, Tel Balatah near Nabl...

"Mezabah" (Large Stone) in temple precinct
of Sichem, Tel Balatah near Nablus, Israel.
The book of Joshua mentions a "Large Stone"
(Late Bronze Age)
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"Mezabah" (Large Stone) in temple precinct of Sichem, Tel Balatah near Nablus,...

Mount Gerizim.                                         
Here stood the temple                                  
of the Samaritans.
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Mount Gerizim. Here stood the temple...

Mount Gerizim.                                         
Here stood the temple                                  
of the Samaritans.
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Mount Gerizim. Here stood the temple...

View with olive trees from the hill of Samaria.        
Samaria was the capital of Israel, the northern        
kingdom until the Assyrian conquest in 723 BCE.
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View with olive trees from the hill of Samaria. Samaria was the capital...

The Hill of Schemer: Samaria. Here King Omri           
and his son King Ahab built Samaria, the               
capital of the northern kingdom until the              
Assyrian conquest in 723 BCE.
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The Hill of Schemer: Samaria. Here King Omri and his son King Ahab bu...

Stonemasonry wall of the Palace of King Ahab,          
Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom               
Israel until the Assyrian Conquest in 723 BCE.
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Stonemasonry wall of the Palace of King Ahab, Samaria, capital of the...