So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
Parallel translations
- WEB So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.
- KJV So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
- NKJV So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
- NASB So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
- NLT When they came out to see him, they begged him to stay in their village. So he stayed for two days,
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The Samaritans urged Jesus to stay, and he remained two days among them. Jesus willingly crossed ethnic and religious barriers to bring the gospel to a despised people.
Overview
Jews normally avoided contact with Samaritans, yet Jesus accepts their invitation and lodges among them. His readiness to dwell with outsiders anticipates the worldwide reach of salvation. It foreshadows the gospel going to all nations, breaking down the dividing walls of hostility.
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Cross-references · 11
- Rev 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
- Luke 24:29But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
- Gen 32:26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
- Acts 16:15And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
- Luke 19:5–10When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”
- Luke 8:38The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying,
- 2 Cor 6:1–2As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- Jer 14:8O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
- Song 3:4I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
- Prov 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
- Luke 10:39She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
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