4He needed to pass through Samaria.


In Context

1 Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

2 (although Jesus himself didn't baptize, but his disciples),

3 he left Judea, and departed into Galilee.

4 He needed to pass through Samaria.

5 So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.

6 Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

John 4:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And he must needs go through Samaria.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Now he had to go through Samaria.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And he was of necessity to pass through Samaria.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And he must needs pass through Samaria.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4And he must needs go through Samaria.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And he must needs go through Samaria.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4And he must needs pass through Samaria.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And he must needs pass through Samaria.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4and it was behoving him to go through Samaria.