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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The stairs and city gate of Shechem, Israel. 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 and Joshua renewed the covenant  
with God. The ruins of Shechem are near Nablus.
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The stairs and city gate of Shechem, Israel. According to the Bible, Abraham bu...

The olive groves of Samaria, Israel, originally the    
territory of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasse, famous 
for grapevines and olives. King Omri chose its main    
city, Samaria (Shomron), as capital for Israel, the    
Northern Kingdom.
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The olive groves of Samaria, Israel, originally the territory of the tribes...

The walls of Samaria (Shomron), capital of the Northern
Kingdom of Israel. King Omri bought the hill from a man
named Shemer (hence Shomron) when he abandoned his     
former capital Tirza. Omri's son Ahab and Jezebel, his 
wife, built a temple to Baal at Samaria (I Kings 22:39)
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The walls of Samaria (Shomron), capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. King...

The walls of Samaria (Shomron), capital of the Northern
Kingdom of Israel. King Omri bought the hill from a man
named Shemer (hence Shomron) when he abandoned his     
former capital Tirza. Omri's son Ahab and Jezebel, his 
wife, built a temple to Baal at Samaria (I Kings 22:39)
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The walls of Samaria (Shomron), capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. King...

A tower in the fortifications of Samaria (Shomron),    
capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel after King   
Omri abandoned his former capital Tirza. Omri's son    
Ahab and Jezebel, his wife, built a temple for Baal    
in Samaria (I Kings 22:39)
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A tower in the fortifications of Samaria (Shomron), capital of the northern...

Thornbushes in the ruins of Samaria (Shomron), the     
former capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. King 
Omri moved his capital here from Tirza. Omri's son     
Ahab and Jezebel, his wife, built a temple for Baal in 
Samaria (I Kings 22:39).
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Thornbushes in the ruins of Samaria (Shomron), the former capital of the no...

The Samaritan woman at the well.                       
Detail                                                 
Carved ivory pyxis
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The Samaritan woman at the well. Detail...

The Well. Detail from the "Samaritan                   
Woman at the Well" (15-01-03/13).                      
Scenes from the life of Christ.                        
Carved ivory pyxis
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The Well. Detail from the "Samaritan Woman at the Well" (15-0...

The Samaritan woman at the well,                       
Jesus blessing and an apostle.                         
Mosaic (6th)
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The Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus blessing and an ap...

Jesus and the Samaritan                                
woman at the well.                                     
Icon (late 16th)                                       
38.5 x 38 cm
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Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well....

The woman and the well. Detail of "Jesus               
and the Samaritan woman at the well".                  
Icon (late 16th)                                       
Overall size: 38.5 x 48 cm
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The woman and the well. Detail of "Jesus and the Samaritan woman...

The river Jordan's estuary into the Dead Sea.          
Detail of the "Map of Madaba", a mosaic floor  in St.George's
Church, Madaba, Kingdom of Jordan, an early Christian Church.  Bottom, the city of Jericho
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The river Jordan's estuary into the Dead Sea. Detail of the "Map of M...