as we said earlier on, he had been  they had been travelling through and jesus had se settled down there for a while and sent his disciples into a,th a nearby town across the frontier, er to get some food and some provisions, er to to last them for the remainder of their journey  and jesus is just sitting there by this well, he's tired, he's thirsty, weary and hungry, just waiting there  and then this lady comes to  draw water from the well.