Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
Parallel translations
- WEB They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
- BSB So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
- 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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- Acts 10:33Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
- Acts 8:5–8Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
- Luke 17:16–18And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
- Rom 5:20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
- Matt 12:40–42For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matt 11:20–24Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
- Matt 2:1–3Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
- Matt 20:16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
- Matt 8:11–12And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
- Isa 60:8Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
- Acts 13:42And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
- Acts 28:28Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
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