In Samaria, at Jacob’s well

“So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well.”

John 4:5-6 (NIV)

THE QUESTION

Tired from His journey, Jesus sat down by a well, asked a woman for a drink, and offered her “living water.” Where was the well?

A) Galilee

B) Samaria ✓

C) Judea

D) Decapolis

A closer look

Jesus was traveling from Judea back to Galilee, and the road took Him through Samaria (John 4:3-4). Jews and Samaritans usually kept their distance (John 4:9), but Jesus sat down at Jacob’s well and asked a Samaritan woman for a drink. Before He left, many people in her town believed in Him because of her testimony (John 4:39).

If you picked Galilee, you were close. That’s where Jesus was headed (John 4:3).

Today’s verse pictures a tree with its roots by the stream. A few verses later, Jeremiah calls the Lord “the spring of living water” (Jeremiah 17:13). At the well, Jesus offered that living water to a thirsty heart (John 4:10-14).

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