John 4:8

For his disciples were gone away,.... This is related, not so much to give a reason why Christ asked the woman for water, because his disciples were not present, to minister to him; but rather to…

We have here an account of the good Christ did in Samaria, when he passed through that country in his way to Galilee. The Samaritans, both in blood and religion, were mongrel Jews, the posterity of…

to buy meat i.e. food, not necessarily flesh. The meat-offering was fine flour and oil without any flesh. Lev 2:1. The Greek word here means -nourishment."