John 4:4

Simplified Cowboy Version

Jesus was riding through Samaria and

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He had to travel through Samaria;

King James Version (1611)
And hee must needs goe thorow Samaria.

King James Version
And he must needs go through Samaria.

English Standard Version
And he had to pass through Samaria.

New American Standard Bible
And He had to pass through Samaria.

New Century Version
But on the way he had to go through the country of Samaria.

Amplified Bible
Now He had to go through Samaria.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He had to pass through Samaria.

Legacy Standard Bible
And He had to pass through Samaria.

Berean Standard Bible
Now He had to pass through Samaria.

Contemporary English Version
This time he had to go through Samaria,

Complete Jewish Bible
This meant that he had to pass through Shomron.

Darby Translation
And he must needs pass through Samaria.

Easy-to-Read Version
On the way to Galilee, he had to go through the country of Samaria.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he must needes goe through Samaria.

George Lamsa Translation
He had to go through Samaritan territory.

Good News Translation
on his way there he had to go through Samaria.

Lexham English Bible
And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

Literal Translation
And it was needful for Him to pass through Samaria.

American Standard Version
And he must needs pass through Samaria.

Bible in Basic English
And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

Hebrew Names Version
He needed to pass through Shomron.

International Standard Version
Now it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

Etheridge Translation
AND he needed that in going he should pass through among the Shomroyee;

Murdock Translation
And in going, he had occasion to pass through the midst of the Samaritans.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For [it was so that] he must needes go through Samaria.

English Revised Version
And he must needs pass through Samaria.

World English Bible
He needed to pass through Samaria.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he must needs go thro' Samaria. Then cometh he to a city of Samaria,

Weymouth's New Testament
His road lay through Samaria,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it bihofte hym to passe bi Samarie.

Update Bible Version
And he must surely pass through Samaria.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he must needs go through Samaria.

New English Translation
But he had to pass through Samaria.

New King James Version
But He needed to go through Samaria.

New Living Translation
He had to go through Samaria on the way.

New Life Bible
He had to go through the country of Samaria.

New Revised Standard
But he had to go through Samaria.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now he must needs pass through Samaria.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he was of necessity to pass through Samaria.

Revised Standard Version
He had to pass through Samar'ia.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And it was so that he must nedes goo thorowe Samaria.

Young's Literal Translation
and it was behoving him to go through Samaria.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he must nedes go thorow Samaria.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but being obliged to pass through Samaria,

THE MESSAGE
To get there, he had to pass through Samaria. He came into Sychar, a Samaritan village that bordered the field Jacob had given his son Joseph. Jacob's well was still there. Jesus, worn out by the trip, sat down at the well. It was noon.

Contextual Overview

⁴Jesus was riding through Samaria and ⁵came to a town called Sychar. It was right by a ranchito that Jacob had given his son Joseph. ⁶Jacob's well was near this small plot of land. Jesus dismounted and stretched his legs next to the well. He'd come a far piece for it just being noon and he was tired. ⁷About this time, a Samaritan woman came by to get some water and Jesus asked her, "Would you fetch me a drink, ma'am?" ⁸None of his cowboys were there because they'd gone into town to get some food. ⁹She nearly fell down when he asked her because Jews don't talk to Samaritans. She said, "Is there something wrong with you? Jews don't talk to Samaritans, and you're asking me to give you a drink?" ¹⁰Jesus replied, "If you had an inkling of the gift God has given, you would ask me for a drink, and I would give you living water." ¹¹"Well, that might prove a tad difficult for you, sir. You don't even have a rope or a bucket. This well is very deep. So where are you going to get this living water? ¹²Do you think your water is better than our ancestor Jacob's? He drank from it himself, and it has sustained us and our livestock for generations." ¹³Jesus smiled as he kneeled down by the well and said, "Anyone who drinks this water will eventually get thirsty again.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:6, Luke 2:49, Luke 9:51, Luke 9:52, Luke 17:11

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:32 - in the cities 1 Kings 16:24 - the name of the city 1 John 5:11 - God

Cross-References

Hebrews 9:22
Moses taught us that blood could cleanse nearly anything. But the wage of sin was death and something had to die to take the sinner's place in death. Without blood, there can be no forgiveness of sin.

Hebrews 11:4
It was Abel's heapin' of faith that helped him bring a sacrifice to God that was worthy of what it was supposed to be. Cain's was not. Abel's sacrifice showed his faith in God and God showed his approval. Even though Abel has long been in the grave, his example still speaks.

Revelation 13:8
Everyone living on earth worshiped the beast, except for those whose name was in the brand registry. This book belongs to the Lamb of God that was slain.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he must needs go through Samaria. Not the city, but the country of Samaria; for the way to Galilee from Judea, lay through the midst of Samaria; nor was there any other way, without going a great way about; see Luke 9:51; and which is also confirmed by Josephus c: and this accounts for his going through Samaria, consistently with his forbidding his apostles going in the way of the Gentiles, or into any of the cities of the Samaritans; since here was a necessity for it, or otherwise he himself would not have gone, where he forbid his disciples; though the prohibition may be understood, not of barely going into a Samaritan city; for it was lawful for them, notwithstanding that, to go into one of them, as appears from John 4:8; but of going to preach there,

Matthew 10:5. And besides this necessity, there was another thing that lay upon him, and obliged him to take this tour, and that is, the calling and conversion of a certain woman, and other Samaritans, whom the Father had given to him, and he was to redeem by his blood; and the time of whose effectual calling was now come; and therefore he must needs go this way, and at this particular time. The Arabic and Persic versions represent it, as a purpose and determination in his mind to go this way.

c Antiqu. Jud. 50:20. c 5. & in vita sua, p. 1019.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he must needs go through Samaria - Samaria was between Judea and Galilee. The direct and usual way was to pass through Samaria. Sometimes, however, the Jews took a circuitous route on the east side of the Jordan. See the notes at Matthew 2:22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 4:4. And he must needs go through Samaria. — Or, It was necessary for him to pass through Samaria: for this plain reason, and no other, because it was the only proper road. Samaria lay northward of Judea, and between the great sea, Galilee, and Jordan; and there was therefore no going from Galilee to Jerusalem but through this province. Luke 17:11; Luke 17:11. From Jerusalem to Galilee through Samaria, according to Josephus, was three days' journey. See his own life.