Samaritans

thumb|A Samaritan group of people in 1900 Samaritans, often preferring to be called Israelite Samaritans, are an ethnoreligious group originating from the Hebrews and Israelites of the ancient Near East. They are indigenous to Samaria, a historical region of ancient Israel and Judah. They are adherents of Samaritanism, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion that developed alongside Judaism. Quotes about Up to the present they still follow their previous traditions. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not observe the statutes or the ordinances or the law or the commandment that the Lord had given to the children of Jacob to whom he gave the name Israel. The Lord made a covenant with them and ordered them, “You shall not fear other gods, nor shall you bow yourselves down to them, nor shall you serve them, nor shall you offer sacrifices to them. [...] You will always carefully observe the statutes, the ordinances, the laws, and the commandments that he wrote for you. You are not to fear other gods. You will not forget the covenant that I made with you, and you are not to fear other gods. You will fear the Lord, your God. He will deliver you out of the hands of all of your enemies.” However, they would not listen; they practiced their previous traditions. The nations thus feared the Lord, but they also served their graven images. Their children and their grandchildren did what their fathers had done, up to the present day. [[Books of Kings|2 Kings]+ 17:34-35;37-41 NCB. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give me some water to drink.” His disciples had gone into the town to purchase food. The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew. How can you ask me, a Samaritan woman, for some water to drink?” (Jews do not share anything in common with Samaritans.) Gospel of John 4:7-9 NKJV. See also Samaritan woman at the well Parable of the Good Samaritan External links Category:People from the Bible