So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
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Gill's Exposition
So when the Samaritans were come unto him,.... The Ethiopic version reads, all the Samaritans; they came to him at Jacob's well, upon the woman's solicitations, and the account she gave of this…
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him, ... - There is seldom an instance of so remarkable success as this. From a single conversation, in circumstances, in a place, and with an…
Adam Clarke
He abode there two days - We are not told that he wrought any miracles among them; this does not appear to have been necessary: they were a simple-hearted, teachable people, and they credited him on…
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'…
Cambridge Bible
besought him Or, kept beseeching Him. How different from His own people at Nazareth; Mat 13:58; Luk 4:29. Comp. the thankful Samaritan leper, Luk 17:16-17.
tarry with them Better, abide with them. See…
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