John 4:42

⁴²τῇ τε γυναικὶ ἔλεγον ὅτι Οὐκέτι διὰ τὴν σὴν λαλιὰν πιστεύομεν· αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἀκηκόαμεν, καὶ οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ σωτὴρ τοῦ ⸀κόσμουk

John 4 opens with Jesus leaving Judea for Galilee, passing through Samaria—a journey most Jews avoided. At Jacob's well, he engages a Samaritan woman in a conversation that dismantles ethnic, religious, and gender barriers. He offers her “living water,” reveals her personal history,