Matthew Poole and continuators on John 4:9

9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it, that thou being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria ? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans .

There was a great estrangement of the Iews from the Samaritans, the Samaritans having a peculiar Temple built upon mount Gerazim, in opposition to that at Hierusalem q.

It is said that the Iews did buy of, and sell to the Samaritans, but were restrained by an Order of the Sanhedrim, from using any familiarity with them, or borrowing or receiving any thing as a Gift from them, which was the cause of this Reply of the woman of Samaria, knowing our Saviour either by his Habit, or by his Dialect, to be a Iew; this is thought to be the sense of [non-Latin text not transcribed] in this Text, though it hath a larger significancy, extending to all kind of Commerce.

Marginal references: 2 King. 17.[illegible: 1 letter]4. Luk. 9.52, 53. Acts 10.28.