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What city of Samaria did Jesus visit?
John: “Then cometh he to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar” ([iv, 5]).
Samaria contained no city of this name. Bible commentators believe that Shechem is intended.
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What did his disciples say to him when about to leave Bethany?
“Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee” ([John xi, 8]).
The disciples were themselves Jews, and the above is not the language of a Jew speaking of his own people, but of a foreigner.