There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. – John 4:7a (ESV)
And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. – John 4:46b (ESV)
A woman is addressed by Jesus at a well. She was a Samaritan (a racial mixture of Hebrew and Assyrian, considered an apostate people by the Jews), an adulterer (actively rebelling against God, shamed by society for her sin), and a woman (limited social and economic mobility, usually only thought of in sexual and maternal contexts).
An official who has a sick boy has no hope. While he may have had access to the finest medical attention of the day (note the presence of servants and his ability to have information on Jesus’ whereabouts), his son was still dying.
Two more people who need Jesus. No one is so low that they are beyond His reach; no one is so connected that they can live life without His touch.
