These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
- Matthew 10:5
He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.
- Luke 9:52
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
- John 4:39
So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
- John 4:40
By the first century, Samaritans were the stereotype enemy of Judaism, the embodiment of heretical faith, and the denier of Jerusalem-centered hope and faith. They still exist today at the same location.