There is a story in the Bible about a Samaritan woman whom Jesus spoke with and revealed His amazing love to. But when the disciples returned to where Jesus was and saw He was talking to a Samaritan and a woman no less, they were "astonished." Samaritans were half Jewish and half Gentile, to the Jewish world they were considered inferior, and women, women were regarded as property. John, in Chapter 4:27, stated: "that not one of them asked Him, What are you inquiring about