Bible Strands
John 4:6
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus sits by Jacob’s well in Sychar around the sixth hour after completing His journey. He remains there until a Samaritan woman arrives to draw water.
The words — The Greek ἦν (ēn) means “was,” marking the well’s prior existence, while οὖν (oun) translates as “therefore,” connecting Jesus’ rest directly to the well’s location.
The thread — Matthew 8:24 records Jesus sleeping through a storm, and Hebrews 4:15 states He sympathizes with human weaknesses, both noting His physical vulnerability. Hebrews 2:17 adds that He was made like His brothers in every way.
Why it lands — The text places a tired man at a well to force an encounter with a Samaritan woman, requiring the reader to accept His genuine fatigue before drawing any theological conclusion.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- Hebrews 2:17 For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Matthew 8:24 Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.
- Matthew 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
- Matthew 27:45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Luke 2:7 And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
- Luke 9:58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
- John 11:9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.