João 4
Bede
João 4:4-5
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] He must needs pass through Samaria; because that country lay between Judea and Galilee. Samaria was the principal city of a province of Palestine, and gave its name to the whole district connected with it. The particular place to which our Lord went is next given: Then cometh He to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 4:12
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Or she calls Jacob their father, because she lived under the Mosaic law, and possessed the farm which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 4:45
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] They had seen Him at Jerusalem, For they also went unto the feast. Our Lord's return has a mystical meaning, viz. that, when the Gentiles have been confirmed in the faith by the two precepts of love, i. e. at the end of the world, He will return to His country, i. e. Judæa. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 4:47-53
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] So, we see, faith, like the other virtues, is formed gradually, and has its beginning, growth, and maturity. His faith had its beginning, when he asked for his son's recovery; its growth, when he believed our Lord's words, Thy son liveth; its maturity, after the announcement of the fact by his servants. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas