So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.

 By this time the woman was on her way back to the village without her water-pot. The fact that she left her water-pot showed two things. It showed that she was in a hurry to share this extraordinary experience, and it showed that she never dreamed of doing anything else but come back. Her whole action has much to tell us of real Christian experience. 