1. NOW WHEN the Lord knew (learned, became aware) that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John–
2. Though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples–
3. He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4. It was necessary for Him to go through Samaria.
5. And in doing so, He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.