Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 4:6

"and Jacob`s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour." — John 4:6 (ASV)

Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well:

What could the wearied Savior do? Why, he could save a great sinner; and now that he is no longer wearied, what can he not do?

Brothers, when you go to preach or to teach, you like to feel fresh and vigorous; but do not think that this state is at all necessary. Your wearied Master won the woman at Samaria; so too may you win souls, even in your weariness. Let us not make excuses for ourselves because we do not feel fit for our work.

God may bless us more when we feel weary than he does at any other time.

And it was about the sixth hour.

Twelve o'clock in the day, I suppose. Was that the time when the women usually came to draw water? No; but it was the time when a woman, who was shunned by other women, would be most likely to come, and the Saviour knew that.

She had to take odd times to get to the well, for her neighbors did not care to be seen in the company of such a reprobate as she was, and she was probably just as anxious to avoid them.

Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

Only half a day spent on his journey, yet he is weary. See, brothers, how he was beset with infirmity. Our Great High Priest so truly took our flesh that he was wearied with his journey.

He that rolls the stars along was weary in the middle of the day. So weary was he that he sat in the very attitude of weariness, as best he could, on the curb of the well: Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well.