So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
Parallel translations
- WEB They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
- KJV Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
- NKJV Then they went out of the city and came to Him.
- NASB They left the city and were coming to Him.
- NLT So the people came streaming from the village to see him.
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Quick answer
The townspeople leave the city and start coming to Jesus. The woman's testimony bears immediate fruit as the Samaritans seek him out.
Overview
Moved by her report, the people of Sychar set out to meet Jesus for themselves. This response begins the wider harvest among the Samaritans that Jesus will speak of to his disciples. It illustrates how one person's witness can open the way for many to encounter Christ.
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Cross-references · 12
- Acts 10:33So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
- Acts 8:5–8Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
- Luke 17:16–18He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
- Rom 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- Matt 12:40–42For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matt 11:20–24Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
- Matt 2:1–3After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- Matt 20:16So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
- Matt 8:11–12I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
- Isa 60:8Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
- Acts 13:42As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
- Acts 28:28Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
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