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Scene 01 · Why Samaria?
The Necessary Road
John 4:1–6 NKJV
The text
1Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John 2(though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), 3He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. 4But He needed to go through Samaria. 5So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Context
Pious Jews often skirted Samaria, crossing the Jordan and traveling the longer valley road rather than pass through a people they regarded as unclean. Jesus “needed” to go through Samaria — not because the map forced Him, but because a woman, a well, and a town were waiting. The sixth hour is noon: the heat of the day, when no one usually came to draw water.
Questions
0 of 3Question 2
“He needed to go through Samaria.” What makes this line striking?
Question 3
When did Jesus sit down at Jacob’s well?
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