JESUS – THE MAN

John 4:1-8
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them—his disciples did). 3 So he left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4 He had to go through Samaria on the way. 5 Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. 7 Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” 8 He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.


Some days are worse than others. You’ve been running all day. The old folks might say something like ‘sun up to sun down’ or ‘stem to stern’. After going all day you find yourself, tired, weary and maybe thirsty too. That’s how we find Jesus.

It is a great reminder of His humanness. While Jesus is divine, the second person of the Trinity … God. When He was here on earth, God with us, He was a man. That humanness came with all it’s characteristics … feelings … emotions … hunger and thirst … weariness. All it’s characteristics except one. Jesus experienced everything we experience, went through all the stuff we go through and was able to do it without sinning.

When you get tired, sit down and take a rest. When you need a drink (or have some other physical need), don’t hesitate to ask for help. That’s exactly what the Son of Man did.