“Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. John 4 contains 54 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.