Thematic Bible: Modern Samaria


Thematic Bible



But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon him, and when he saw him he pitied him, and he went up to him and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. And he put him on his own mule and brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out a dollar and gave it to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will refund to you on my way back.' read more.
Which of these three do you think proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"

and fell on his face at Jesus' feet, and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. And Jesus said, "Were not all ten cured? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give thanks to God except this foreigner?"



Many of the Samaritans in that town came to believe in him because of the testimony the woman gave when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did!" So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he did stay there two days. And a great many more believed because of what he said, read more.
and they said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your statement that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he is really the Savior of the world."

When the people heard Philip and saw the signs that he showed they were all interested in what he had to say, for with loud cries foul spirits came out of many who had been possessed by them, and many paralytics and lame people were cured. So there was great rejoicing in that city.




and sent messengers before him. They started out and went into a Samaritan village, to make preparations for him. Verse ConceptsPeople Going BeforeA Place Prepared

Now he had to pass through Samaria.

It happened that, on his way to Jerusalem, he passed through Samaria and Galilee.


The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming??e who is called the Christ. When he comes, he will tell us everything!" Verse ConceptsMessianic HopeThe Fact Of His Coming


and sent messengers before him. They started out and went into a Samaritan village, to make preparations for him. And the people there would not receive him, because he was going to Jerusalem.


Many of the Samaritans in that town came to believe in him because of the testimony the woman gave when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did!" So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he did stay there two days. And a great many more believed because of what he said, read more.
and they said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your statement that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he is really the Savior of the world."

There was a man named Simon in the town, who had been amazing the Samaritan people by practicing magic there, and who made great pretensions. Everyone there, high and low, made much of him, and said, "He must be what is known as the Great Power of God!" They made much of him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic.

Then the soldiers took Paul, as they had been ordered to do, and escorted him as far as Antipatris that night. Verse ConceptsDuring One Night

Our forefathers worshiped God on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that the place where people must worship God is at Jerusalem." Verse ConceptsSamaritansWorship, Places OfAncestorsHow To Worship God

Are you a greater man than our forefather Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank from it himself, with his sons and his flocks?" Verse ConceptsGreatness Of ChristAncestorsPeople Giving Other Thingspoop

The Jews answered, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed?" Verse ConceptsAccused Of Being DemonisedDemonic Influence


So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph, Verse ConceptsTownPeople Giving Other Thingshumor





And Saul entirely approved of his being put to death. A great persecution of the church in Jerusalem broke out that day, and they were all scattered over Judea and Samaria except the apostles. Verse ConceptsFugitivesChristiansdispersion, theJerusalem, Significance OfSamaritansChurch, Description OfChurch, Examples OfThe Church ScatteredAssentingApproval To KillThe Apostles In Action