A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."
Give me to drink ...  By these words, Jesus placed himself in the position of one requesting a favor, and by such a gesture assumed a social equality with her which astonished her and led to the conversation that followed.  Jesus here did for her only what he did for all of wretched and fallen humanity; for he came from heaven to become a man, to take upon him the form of a servant, and to die for the sins of the whole world.  All this is fully known; but, in this specific instance of it, the humiliation of our Lord becomes epic in its depth and intensity.