CHAPTER 4!!

READ JOHN 4:1-4

1-4) Jesus leaves the area of Judea and heads for Galilee, but has to travel through a place called Samaria.
SAMARIA: Captial of the northern kingdom of Israel. (After Solomon died the kingdom split into two areas, the northern kingdom (10 tribes) and the southern kingdom (2 tribes). The northern kingdom was called Israel and the sourthern kingdom was caleed Judea. Assyrians captured Samaria in 722 BC. "Its people were exiled to Syria, Assyria and Babylonia, and replaced by colonists from different parts of the Assyrian empire. When Samaria fell, the kingdom of Israel ceased to exist, and the whole area (not just the city) became know as Samaria." (Information found in Nelson's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Bible)
JESUS' TIME: The Samaritan area was despised and hated by Orthodox Jews. Jesus' decision of passing through the area was a surprise to his disciples, as well as the women He meets at the well as we will see in the next segment, for a true Jew would avoid going through Samaria at all cost.
HELP ME FATHER TO REMEMBER THAT ALL PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR YOUR WORD, NOT JUST A SELECT FEW.