John 4:7

a woman of Samaria i.e. of the province; not of the cityof Samaria, at that time called Sebaste, in honour of Augustus, who had given it to Herod the Great. Herod's name for it survives in the modern Sebustieh. A woman of the city of Samaria would not have come all that distance to fetch water. In legends this woman is called Photina.

Give me to drink Quite literal, as the next verse shews. He asked her for refreshment becauseHis disciples had gone away. -Give me the spiritual refreshment of thy conversion" is a meaning read into the words and not found in them.