The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
John explained for his readers who were unfamiliar with Palestinian prejudices that the Jews did not use (Gr. synchrontai) the same objects as the Samaritans. [Note: D. Daube, The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism, pp. 373-82.] This was so they could remain ceremonially clean.