John 4:30

Then they went out of the city,.... "The men", as the Syriac version expresses it; the inhabitants of Sychar left their business, and came out of the city:

and came unto him; to Christ, to see him,…

They went out of the city - The men of the city left it and went to Jesus, to hear and examine for themselves.

They went out of the city - Such effect had the simple testimony of the woman on their minds.

And came unto him - Or, Were coming to him; for they did not reach him immediately; all that discourse…

We have here the remainder of the story of what happened when Christ was in Samaria, after the long conference he had with the woman.

I. The interruption given to this discourse by the disciples'…

went out … and came Literally, went out … and were coming. The change of tense from aorist to imperfect gives vividness. We are to see them coming along across the fields as we listen to the…