When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
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Bede
AD 735
He must needs pass through Samaria; because that country lay between Judea and Galilee. Samaria was the principal city of a province of Palestine, and gave its name to the whole district connected with it. The particular place to which our Lord went is next given: Then comes He to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar.
