Yohanes 4:5

4:5 Now he came to a Samaritan town ¹  called Sychar, ²  near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. ³ 

Yohanes 4:46

Healing the Royal Official’s Son

4:46 Now he came again to Cana ⁴  in Galilee where he had made the water wine. ⁵  In ⁶  Capernaum ⁷  there was a certain royal official ⁸  whose son was sick.

[4:5]  ¹ tn Grk “town of Samaria.” The noun Σαμαρείας (Samareias) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[4:5]  ² sn Sychar was somewhere in the vicinity of Shechem, possibly the village of Askar, 1.5 km northeast of Jacob’s well.

[4:5]  ³ sn Perhaps referred to in Gen 48:22.

[4:46]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.

[4:46]  ⁵ sn See John 2:1-11.

[4:46]  ⁶ tn Grk “And in.”

[4:46]  ⁷ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

[4:46]  map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.

[4:46]  ⁸ tn Although βασιλικός (basiliko") has often been translated “nobleman” it is almost certainly refers here to a servant of Herod, tetrarch of Galilee (who in the NT is called a king, Matt 14:9, Mark 6:14-29). Capernaum was a border town, so doubtless there were many administrative officials in residence there.