Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- KJV Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
- NKJV Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- NASB and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired from His journey, was just sitting by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- NLT Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.
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Quick answer
Tired from the journey, Jesus sat by Jacob's well around noon. The scene shows his genuine humanity even as he is the Son of God.
Overview
Jesus' weariness and thirst display the reality of the incarnation: the eternal Word truly shares our human frailty. The midday hour ('sixth hour') and the well set the stage for the unexpected meeting with the Samaritan woman. His tiredness frames the irony that he will offer her water that never runs dry.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Heb 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- Heb 2:17For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Matt 8:24Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
- Matt 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Matt 4:2After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
- 2 Cor 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- John 11:9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
- Luke 2:7And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
- Luke 9:58Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
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