Yohanes 4:6-7

4:6 Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside ¹  the well. It was about noon. ² 

4:7 A Samaritan woman ³  came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water ⁴  to drink.”

Yohanes 4:31-33

Workers for the Harvest

4:31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, ⁵  “Rabbi, eat something.” ⁶  4:32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 4:33 So the disciples began to say ⁷  to one another, “No one brought him anything ⁸  to eat, did they?” ⁹ 

[4:6]  ¹ tn Grk “on (ἐπί, epi) the well.” There may have been a low stone rim encircling the well, or the reading of Ì⁶⁶ (“on the ground”) may be correct.

[4:6]  ² tn Grk “the sixth hour.”

[4:6]  sn It was about noon. The suggestion has been made by some that time should be reckoned from midnight rather than sunrise. This would make the time 6 a.m. rather than noon. That would fit in this passage but not in John 19:14 which places the time when Jesus is condemned to be crucified at “the sixth hour.”

[4:7]  ³ tn Grk “a woman from Samaria.” According to BDAG 912 s.v. Σαμάρεια, the prepositional phrase is to be translated as a simple attributive: “γυνὴ ἐκ τῆς Σαμαρείας a Samaritan woman J 4:7.”

[4:7]  ⁴ tn The phrase “some water” is supplied as the understood direct object of the infinitive πεῖν (pein).

[4:31]  ⁵ tn Grk “were asking him, saying.”

[4:31]  ⁶ tn The direct object of φάγε (fage) in Greek is understood; “something” is supplied in English.

[4:33]  ⁷ tn An ingressive imperfect conveys the idea that Jesus’ reply provoked the disciples’ response.

[4:33]  ⁸ tn The direct object of ἤνεγκεν (hnenken) in Greek is understood; “anything” is supplied in English.

[4:33]  ⁹ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here it is “did they?”).