Thus. Just as He was; or, as some explain, being thus wearied.
Sat. The imperfect tense; was sitting, when the woman came.
Sixth Hour. According to the Jewish reckoning, mid-day. According to the Roman mode, between 5 and 6 p.m. See on i, 39. Evening was the usual time for drawing water.
7. A woman. Held in low esteem by the popular teachers ; a Samaritan, and therefore despised by the Jews; poor, for drawing water was not, as in earlier times, performed by women of station (Gen xxiv. 15; xxix. 9).
Of Samaria. Lit., owt of Samaria (éx). Not of the city of Samaria, which was some six miles distant, but the country. A Samaritan by race and religion.
To draw. See on iii. 8.
9. The woman of Samaria (7 yuv7) 4 Sapapetris). Differ- ently expressed from the same phrase in the preceding verse. Lit., the woman the Samaritan. Here the distinctive character of the woman, as indicated by the race, is emphasized.
Askest (aireis). See on Matt. xv. 23.
Have no dealings (ov cuyypavtat). Have no familiar or friendly intercourse with. That they had dealings of some kind is shown by the disciples going into the city to buy provi- sions. Some authorities omit for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. The Jews treated the Samaritans with every mark of contempt, and accused them of falsehood, folly, and irreligion. The Samaritans sold Jews into slavery when they had them in their power, lighted spurious signals for the beacon-fires kindled to announce the beginnings of months, and waylaid and killed pilgrims on their road to Jerusalem.
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