1. He had to pass through Samaria (1-6)

Jesus left Judea for Nazareth to avoid unnecessary conflicts with the Jews who were on alert because more people went to Jesus than to John to be baptized. Jesus intentionally chose the hated route through Samaria. He reached Sychar where Jacob met Rachel. It was around noon in the Middle East when the sun is hottest. He sat at the well tired while his disciples went into the village to buy something to eat. Likewise, Jesus sought one lost soul in the regions and despised by others.

2. Whoever drinks this water (7-15)

In that hot high noon a Samaritan woman came to draw water avoiding the village people. Jesus, though he was tired, took good care of her as a compassionate shepherd. He knew her spiritual thirst for love having had 5 husbands and a boyfriend. He began with begging her for water to break the social, religious, historical and gender barriers. When she sharply retorted his humble request, Jesus was not upset at all. He sincerely presented himself better than Jacob their father. Jesus then offered the Living Water welling up to eternal life, different from the water she drank that made her thirstier. She really wanted such water!