<TITLE>08. Par 28-30</TITLE>L-28 Now, we find Him, on His road going up to--down to Jericho in the 4th chapter of Saint John. And on His road down to Jericho, He had need to go by Samaria, I wonder why? You'll get to it in a few moments. And when it was about noontime He sent His disciples away in the city to buy vittles.
And in the old world they have wells that they draw their water from. And all the women come out early of a morning with the pitchers and... I call them pitchers; they got like great big handles on them, and they got hooks that goes on this, and a windle goes down into the well, and they get the water, and bring it back up on a windle.
And the ladies all stand out there and talk, just as ladies can do, you know. And they get all--and sometimes they can put a pitcher of water on their head and one on each hip, walk right down the street talking, carrying a conversation, and never spill a drop. How they do it, I don't know. But I've watched them.

L-29 This was up in the day, it must have been around noon, and there was a lady in the city, as we believe to be a--a woman of ill fame, prostitute. And she came out to the well about noon to get water. It's commonly believed that she could not come out with the--with the decent women of the city. And so it was about noon, she came out to get water. And as she let the--the kettle down to get the water, or the pitcher... When she let it down she looked, setting over against the wall, which is a little panoramic... And vines usually grow over it, grapes and so forth. And she looked, setting there, and there set a Jew. A Man was only in His thirties, but according to the Scripture He looked to be about fifty. You know they said, "You're not yet fifty years old and say you saw Abraham, now we know you got a devil."
He said, "Before Abraham was, I AM."

L-30 But He looked to be about fifty years old, setting, leaning back against the wall. And as the woman started to put her kettle down to get the water, He said, "Woman, bring Me a drink."
She turned quickly, because there was a law of segregation. Just like in the states, in the south now, between the white and the colored, a law of segregation. She said, "You Jews have no dealings with Samaritans, and it's not customary. It's not a custom for a Jew to have any dealings with a Samaritan."
And He said, "But if you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink."
"Why," she said, "the well is deep, and You have nothing to draw with." That was Jesus yesterday; that wasn't a Jew now; this is a Samaritan. She said, "You have nothing to draw with."
The conversation went on at length about Jacob digging the well, about worshipping in Jerusalem, or in the mountain. And finally, Jesus contacting her spirit, said, "Go, get your husband and come here."
She said, "I don't have any husband."
He said, "That's right, you've got five, and the one you're now living with is not your husband."
And she said, "Sir..." Listen to this Samaritan now. What do the Jews say when that was performed on him? "You're the Son of God." That was the sign of the Messiah. Now, look what the Samaritan said. She said, "Sir, we know that when the Messiah cometh, He will do this, tell us these things. But, Who are You? You must be a prophet."
He said, "I am He, the Messiah."
And she ran into the city and told those Samaritan people, "Come, see a Man, Who told me the things I done: isn't this the very Messiah?"


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