This is added, lest any should say, How came our Saviour in this discourse with the woman of Samaria? They were travelling upon the road, and came near to Sichem. Our Lord's disciples were gone to the city to buy some food for them; in the mean time, our Saviour coming to the well, called Jacob's well, sets him down, and this Samaritan woman cometh to that well to draw water; our Saviour, being thirsty, asks of her some water to drink; this giveth occasion to the following discourse.
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John 4:8
8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)