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|When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

|When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

|The Lord knew how the Pharisees were on notice of Jesus causing more baptisms than John,

|As soon as the Lord perceived that the Pharisees had found out that Jesus now had made and baptized more disciples than John,

|tricky verse in several ways; retain the "Lord" here based on early manuscripts despite modern translations omitting it

|Retain the "Lord" here based on early manuscripts despite modern translations omitting it

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|(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

|(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

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|(although Jesus did not do the actual baptizing Himself; His disciples did that)

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|He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

|He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

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|He left Judea, and went back into Galilee,

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|And he must needs go through Samaria.

|And he must needs go through Samaria.

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|but to get there, He had to pass through Samaria.

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|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.

|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.

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|During this trip he stopped at the Samarian city of Sychar, near a plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

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|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.

|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.

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|Jacob's well was there, so at about six o'clock in the evening, as Jesus, who was tired from the journey, was sitting wearily at the well,

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|There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

|There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

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|a Samaritan woman arrives to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Could you give me something to drink?"

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|It is occasionally difficult to determine in Greek if something is a statement or a question. Given the word the Samaritan woman uses in verse 9 (αἰτέω - ask), Jesus clearly asked a question as opposed to making a statement (which in this context would have come across as an order).

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|(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

|(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

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|(for His disciples had gone into the city to buy food).

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|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.

|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.

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|The Samaritan woman answered him, "How can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for something to drink? Jews do not associate in any way with Samaritans.

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