Joh 4:12 | JFB | STEP | 9-12. How is it that thou-- not altogether refusing, yet wondering at so unusual a request from a Jew, as His dress and dialect would at once discover Him to be, to a Samaritan. for, &c.-- It is this national antipathy that gives point to the parable of the good Samaritan ( ), and the thankfulness of the Samaritan leper ( , ).

‏ John 4:12

9-12. How is it that thou--not altogether refusing, yet wondering at so unusual a request from a Jew, as His dress and dialect would at once discover Him to be, to a Samaritan.

for, &c.--It is this national antipathy that gives point to the parable of the good Samaritan (Lu 10:30-37), and the thankfulness of the Samaritan leper (Lu 17:16, 18).