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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Stonemasonry wall of the palace of King Ahab in        
Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom Israel        
until the conquest by the Assyrians in 723 BCE.
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Stonemasonry wall of the palace of King Ahab in Samaria, capital of the...

Small pool, or tower base, inside the grounds of       
the palace of King Ahab in Samaria, capital of         
the northern kingdom Israel until the conquest         
by the Assyrians in 723 BCE.
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Small pool, or tower base, inside the grounds of the palace of King Ahab...

Western fortification wall the palace of King Ahab     
in Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom Israel,    
destroyed during the siege of the city by the          
Assyrians (723 BCE).
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Western fortification wall the palace of King Ahab in Samaria, capital of t...

Eastern defense tower of the fortifications,           
palace of King Ahab in Samaria, capital of             
the northern kingdom Israel until the conquest         
by the Assyrians in 723 BCE.
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Eastern defense tower of the fortifications, palace of King Ahab in S...

Western gate of Sebaste (Samaria),                     
built by Herod the Great (37-4 BCE).
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Western gate of Sebaste (Samaria), built by Herod the Great...

Western gate and wall of Sebaste (Samaria),            
built by Herod the Great (37-4 BCE).
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Western gate and wall of Sebaste (Samaria), built by Herod the Great...

Stairs leading up to the Temple                        
of Augustus in Sebaste (Samaria),                      
built by Herod the Great (37-4 BCE)                    
when the city was namend Sebaste.
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Stairs leading up to the Temple of Augustus in Sebaste (...

Remains of colonnade of the Roman Forum in Samaria.
Original structure of the forum from the time of
Herod the Great (37-4 BCE).
Pillars probably built in the time of Septimus Severus (193-211 CE).
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Remains of colonnade of the Roman Forum in Samaria. Original structure of the f...

Stairs of the Augustean temple of Samaria              
(Sebaste), Israel, built by Herod the Great.
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Stairs of the Augustean temple of Samaria (Sebaste), Israel, built...

View from the Jordan Valley, Israel, towards the       
mountains of Samaria. The city of Samaria (Shomron)    
was founded by King Omri in 880 BCE, as capital of     
the Northern Kingdom.
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View from the Jordan Valley, Israel, towards the mountains of Samaria. Th...

Shechem, Israel,the High Place. According to the Bible,
Abraham built an altar at Shechem, Jacob bought a piece
of land, Joseph's body was brought here from Egypt for
burial, Joshua renewed the covenant with God in Shechem
The ruins of Shechem are near the town of Nablus.
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Shechem, Israel,the High Place. According to the Bible, Abraham built an altar a...

The city gate of Shechem, Israel. According to the     
Bible, Abraham built an altar there, Jacob bought      
a piece of land, the body of Joseph was brought to     
Shechem from Egypt for burial and Joshua renewed       
the covenant with God in this town.
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The city gate of Shechem, Israel. According to the Bible, Abraham built an...