John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:7
There cometh a woman of Samaria ,.... Or "out of Samaria"; not out of the city of Samaria, but out of the country of Samaria; out of Sychar, a city of Samaria: her coming was not by chance, but by the providence of God, and agreeably to his purpose, who orders all things according to the counsel of his will; and it is an amazing instance of grace, that a woman, a Samaritan woman, a lewd and infamous one, should be a chosen vessel of salvation, should be the object of divine favour, and be... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:6
Now Jacob's well was there ,.... So called, either because it was dug by him; or because he and his family made use of it, when in those parts, as in John 4:12 , though no mention is made of it elsewhere, unless any reference is had to it in the blessing of Joseph, to whom this place belonged, Genesis 49:22 , as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, or in Deuteronomy 33:28 , as Grotius suggests: in the Talmud F6 T. Hieron. Shekalim, fol. 48. 4. T. Bab. Bava Kama, fol. 82. 2. & Menachot, fol.... read more