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So he cometh (ερχετα ουν). Vivid present middle indicative and transitional ουν.
Sychar (Συχαρ). There is …
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Sychar. This city was located about eight miles southeast of the city called Samaria, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim. It was one of …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The “Samaria” of this chapter is the province into which the older kingdom had degenerated, and which took its name from the capital city. This was…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John (though Jesus himself baptized n…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
Glossa Ordinaria: After relating how John checked the envy of his disciples regarding the success of Christ’s teaching, the Ev…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
The shortest route from Jerusalem to Galilee lay on the high road straight through Samaritan territory. Many Jews would not travel by that road, fo…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Which is called Sichar: Jerome, in his epitaph on Paula, thinks that this is an incorrect reading and that it should have been written
John Gill
JohnGill
Then comes he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar ,
&c.] Now called Neapolis F4 ; the same with …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
There was great hatred between the Samaritans and the Jews. Christ's road from Judea to Galilee lay through Samaria. We should not go into places o…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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Having set forth the teaching of Christ on spiritual regeneration and shown that Christ had given this grace to the Jews, the Evangelist …
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson