John 4:5

John 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Context of John 4:5

3So he left the Judean countryside and went back to Galilee. 4Jesus had to go through Samaria. He arrived at a city in Samaria called Sychar. Sychar was near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Jacob’s Well was there. Jesus sat down by the well because he was tired from traveling. The time was about noon. 7A Samaritan woman went to get some water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink of water.”

John 4:5 word by word

ἔρχεται οὖν εἰς πόλιν τῆς Σαμαρείας λεγομένην Συχάρ, πλησίον τοῦ χωρίου ὃ ἔδωκεν Ἰακὼβ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• cometh heἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• of Samariaὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of SamariaΣαμάρειαSamareia · SamariaG4540
• which is calledλέγωlegō · to say: callG3004
• SycharΣυχάρSuchar · SycharG4965
• nearπλησίονplēsion · near/neighborG4139
• to the parcel of groundχωρίονchōrion · placeG5564
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• JacobἸακώβIakōb · JacobG2384
• gaveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• toυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• JosephἸωσήφIōsēph · JosephG2501

Cross-references for John 4:5

• Genesis 33:19Then he bought the piece of land on which he had put up his tents. He bought it from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.
• Genesis 48:22I’m giving you one more mountain ridge than your brothers. I took it from the Amorites with my own sword and bow.”
• Joshua 24:32Joseph’s bones, which the people of Israel had brought from Egypt, were buried at Shechem. They were placed in the plot of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver. The plot was inherited by Joseph’s descendants.

Commentaries on John 4:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5A city - called Sychar - This city was anciently called Shechem. It seems to have been situated at the foot of Mount Gerizim, in the province of Samaria, on which the temple of the Samaritans was built. After the ruin of Samaria by Salmanezer, Sychar, or Shechem, became the capital of the Samaritans; and it continued so, according to Josephus, Ant. l. xi. c. 8, in the time of Alexander the Great. It was about ten miles from Shiloh, forty from Jerusalem…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Sychar - This city stood about eight miles southeast of the city called Samaria, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim. It was one of the oldest cities of Palestine, and was formerly known by the name of “Shechem,” or Sichem, Genesis 33:18; Genesis 12:6. The city was in the tribe of Ephraim, Joshua 21:21. It was at this place that Joshua assembled the people before his death, and here they renewed their covenant with the Lord, Judges 9:46. It was destroyed…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-26Verses 4-26 There was great hatred between the Samaritans and the Jews. Christ's road from Judea to Galilee lay through Samaria. We should not go into places of temptation but when we needs must; and then must not dwell in them, but hasten through them. We have here our Lord Jesus under the common fatigue of travellers. Thus we see that he was truly a man. Toil came in with sin; therefore Christ, having made himself a curse for us, submitted to it. Also…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6When traveling north to Galilee, Jesus chose the less common route through Samaria. Samaria and Judea had a long history of racial tension (see 2 Kings 17:24–41; Ezra 4:1–5; Nehemiah 4; 6:1–19). In the time of Jesus, there was intense racial and cultural conflict between Jews and Samaritans. Jews usually avoided Samaria by first going east to Jericho and then traveling north through the Jordan Valley. Sychar was likely in the area of Shechem. Jesus…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. cometh ... to--that is, as far as: for He remained at some distance from it. Sychar--the "Shechem" of the Old Testament, about thirty-four miles from Jerusalem, afterwards called "Neapolis," and now "Nablous."Read the comment

Topics related to John 4:5

• Galilee
• Jacob
• Jesus, the Christ
• Joseph
• Roads
• Samaria
• Shechem

In the dictionaries

• Jacob
• Samaria
• Jacob, Israel
• Samaria, Samaritan
• Burial
• Dealing
• Ere
• God
• Hear
• Live

Commentaries on John 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings