John 4:7-8

[7] There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give to drink. [8] (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

What is the context of John 4:7-8?

Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman (John 4:1-26 true)
A Samaritan Woman Meets Her Messiah (John 4:1-26 true)
The Samaritan Woman at Jacob’s Well (John 4:1-26 true)
The Woman of Samaria (John 4:7-38 true)
The Samaritan Woman (John 4:7-38 true)
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman (John 4:1-38 true)
Jesus Meets a Samaritan Woman (John 4:1-42 true)
Jesus and the Woman of Samaria (John 4:1-45 true)

What does John 4:7-8 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

It was unusual for a woman to come to draw water alone and to come in the heat of the day. Perhaps this woman"s morality led her to shun the company of other women and to seek solitude at the expense of comfort (cf. John 4:18). Normally Jesus" disciples would have drawn the water. Jesus evidently asked the woman for a drink because she was drawing water and to initiate conversation with her. Strict Jews would not have purchased food from Samaritans as Jesus" disciples were attempting to do. Their willingness to do so may reflect Jesus" looser views on ceremonial defilement. By "looser" I do not meant that Jesus viewed the Mosaic Law more loosely than He should have but more loosely than most of the Pharisees did.