Ver. 30. “ They went out of the city, and were coming towards him.

The Samaritans, gathered by her, arrive in large numbers. The imperfect, they were coming, contrasted with the aorist, they went out, forms a picture; we see them hastening across the fields which separate Sychar from Jacob's well. This historical detail gives the key to Jesus' words, which are to follow. The therefore must be rejected from the text; the attention is wholly turned to the they were coming, which follows.

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