John 4:5 BSB — MannaFest

John 4:5

So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Alcuin of York

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (804)

The parcel of ground I conceive to have been left not so much to Joseph, as to Christ, of whom Joseph was a type; whom the sun, and moon, and all the stars truly adore. To this parcel of ground our Lord came, that the Samaritans, who claimed to be inheritors of the Patriarch Israel, might recognise Him, and be converted to Christ, the legal heir of the Patriarch.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar,.... Now called Neapolis (d); the same with "Sichem", or "Shechem", as appears from its situation, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph; see Gen 33:18; and is either the same, only its termination is changed from "em" into "ar", as Achan into Achar, 1Ch 2:

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Sychar - 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, Gen 33:18; Gen 12:6. The city was in the tribe of Ephraim, Jos 21:21. It was at this place that Joshua assembled the people before his death, and here they renewed their covenant with the Lord, Josh. 24. After the death of Gideon it became a place of idolatrous worship, the people worshipping Baal-berith, Jdg 9:

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἔρχεται	erchetai	He comes	G2064 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
πόλιν	polin	a city	G4172 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
Σαμαρείας	Samareias	of Samaria	G4540 →
λεγομένην	legomenēn	being named	G3004 →
Συχάρ,	Suchar	Sychar,	G4965 →
πλησίον	plēsion	nearby	G4139 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
χωρίου	chōriou	plot of ground	G5564 →
ὃ	ho	that	G3739 →
ἔδωκεν	edōken	gave	G1325 →
Ἰακὼβ	Iakōb	Jacob	G2384 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωσὴφ	Iōsēph	to Joseph	G2501 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
υἱῷ	huiō	son	G5207 →
αὐτοῦ·	autou	of him;	G846 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 33:19
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
leads to
- Acts 7:16
  Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 24:32
  And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father,…
leads to
- Genesis 33:19
  And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 50:25
  And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
- Exodus 13:19
  Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry…
Through
John 4:12
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
leads to
- Matthew 12:42
  The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One…
- John 8:53
  Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
- Hebrews 3:3
  For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

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Where the connections lead

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About John