# John 4.5

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 3. he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. 4. And he must needs pass through Samaria.
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> **5. So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:**
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> 6. and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, <span class="rl-speech">Give me to drink.</span> (John 4:3-7, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 3. he left Judea, and departed into Galilee. 4. He needed to pass through Samaria.
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> **5. So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.**
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> 6. Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, <span class="rl-speech">“Give me a drink.”</span> (John 4:3-7, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 3. He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. 4. And he must needs go through Samaria.
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> **5. 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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> 6. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, <span class="rl-speech">Give me to drink.</span> (John 4:3-7, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 3. he left Judea and went away again to Galilee, 4. and it was behoving him to go through Samaria.
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> **5. He cometh, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the place that Jacob gave to Joseph his son;**
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> 6. and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was sitting thus on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour; 7. there cometh a woman out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, <span class="rl-speech">'Give me to drink;'</span> (John 4:3-7, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G5207 - huios](/codex/g5207-huios/), *huios*, Strong's G5207
- [G3004 - lego](/codex/g3004-lego/), *lego*, Strong's G3004

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Johannine Authorship of the Fourth Gospel](/codex/johannine-authorship-of-the-fourth-gospel/), via [John 4.5-6](/codex/john-4-5-6/)

**Concepts:**

- [NT Geographical Reliability](/codex/nt-geographical-reliability/), via [John 4.5-6](/codex/john-4-5-6/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.