Patristic A.D. 407
“(Hom. xxxiii. 2, 3) The disciples arrive opportunely, and when the teaching is finished: And upon this came His disciples, and marvelled that He talked with the woman. They marvelled at the exceeding kindness and humility of Christ, in condescending to converse with a poor woman, and a Samaritan.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 4:27-30
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗