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Sychar
Sychar is a town in the region of Samaria mentioned in John 4, where Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman beside Jacob's well. Scholars disagree about its exact location.
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- Samaritan WomanPeople
The Samaritan woman is an unnamed woman in John 4 who spoke with Jesus at Jacob's well near the Samaritan town of Sychar and then told the people of her town about him.
- Jacob's WellBible
Jacob's Well is the well near Sychar in Samaria where Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman in John 4. The Samaritans remembered it as the well given to them by their ancestor Jacob.
- John 4Bible
John 4 is the chapter of the Gospel of John in which Jesus speaks with a woman at Jacob's well in Sychar of Samaria about living water and worship, and many people of that town come to believe. It also records the second sign, Jesus' healing of a royal official's son at Cana in Galilee.
- John 4:24Bible Verses
John 4:24 records the words of Jesus to the Samaritan woman: "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." The verse teaches that true worship depends on something other than place, and it is frequently cited in discussions of the forms of worship.
- John 4:20–23Bible Verses
In this passage Jesus tells a Samaritan woman that worship offered "in spirit and in truth" matters more than the place of worship. In Korean Protestant churches, it is one of the passages most frequently cited in discussions of the nature of worship.
Verses in the King James Version 1, showing 1
- John 4:5
Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
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