Then they went out of the city and came to Him.
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.
- BSB So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
- 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 10:33Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God.”
- Acts 8:5–8Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.
- Luke 17:16–18He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
- Rom 5:20The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
- Matt 12:40–42For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matt 11:20–24Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn’t repent.
- Matt 2:1–3Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
- Matt 20:16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
- Matt 8:11–12I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
- Isa 60:8“Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
- Acts 13:42So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
- Acts 28:28“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”
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