Talk:John 4:1-54
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On the Feast Blog, Brianj wrote:
- v. 3-4 : Jesus returns to Galilee after celebrating Passover in Jerusalem and must pass through Samaria. The Jews despised the Samaritans and vice versa. The Samaritans had opposed, by stratagem and by force, the rebuilding of the temple in and the walls of Jerusalem. For their part, the Jews, in 128 B.C., during the reign of John Hyrcanus (of the Hasmoneans; see also the Maccabees), destroyed the temple the Samaritans had built for themselves on Mount Gerizim.
I'd like to include something like that on the commentary page. But, I think for this type of historical background stuff it is good to cite some source. does anyone have any suggestions?
