Joh 4:5-7 | NET2full | STEP | Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar , near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph .

John 4:5-7

5 Now he came to a Samaritan town ^{▼▼tn Grk “town of Samaria.” The noun Σαμαρείας (Samareias) has been translated as an attributive genitive.} called Sychar, ^{▼▼sn Sychar was somewhere in the vicinity of Shechem, possibly the village of Askar, 1.5 km northeast of Jacob’s well.} near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. ^{▼▼sn Perhaps referred to in Gen 48:22.} 6 Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside ^{▼▼tn Grk “on (ἐπί, epi) the well.” There may have been a low stone rim encircling the well, or the reading of P66 (“on the ground”) may be correct.} the well. It was about noon. ^{▼▼tn Grk “the sixth hour.”} ^{▼▼sn It was about noon. The suggestion has been made by some that time should be reckoned from midnight rather than sunrise. This would make the time 6 a.m. rather than noon. That would fit in this passage but not in John 19:14 which places the time when Jesus is condemned to be crucified at “the sixth hour.”}

7 A Samaritan woman ^{▼▼tn Grk “a woman from Samaria.” According to BDAG 912 s.v. Σαμάρεια, the prepositional phrase is to be translated as a simple attributive: “γυνὴ ἐκ τῆς Σαμαρείας a Samaritan woman J 4:7.”} came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water ^{▼▼tn The phrase “some water” is supplied as the understood direct object of the infinitive πεῖν (pein).} to drink.”