The region between Galilee and Judea, and the people of it.

Counted wherever the text reads Samaria, or Samaritan, whoever is speaking and whatever is meant by it. The count is of words on a page — so two sentences are shown from each book, to say what the counting found.

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Antiquities of the Jews 170 · 17 books

…1 (return) [ Reland here takes notice, that although our Bibles say little or nothing of these riches of Corah, yet that both the Jews and Mahommedans, as well as Josephus, are full of it.] 2 (return) [ It appears here, and from the Samaritan Pentateuch, and, in effect, from the psalmist, as also from the Apostolical Constitutions, from Clement's First Epistle to the Corinthians, from Ignatius's Epistle to the Magnesians, and from Eusebius, that Corah was not swallowed up with the Reubenites, but burned with the Levites of his…Book 4

When Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria, had it told him, that [Hoshea] the king of Israel had sent privately to So, the king of Egypt, desiring his assistance against him, he was very angry, and made an expedition against Samaria, in the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea; but when he was not admitted [into the city] by the king, 24 he besieged Samaria three years, and took it by force in the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, and in the seventh year of Hezekiah, king of Jerusalem, and quite demolished the governmen…Book 9

Book 937Book 1121Book 2021Book 1217Book 1317Book 1412Book 89Book 156Book 186Book 24Book 174Book 13Book 33Book 43Book 73Book 102Book 192

Augustine, On St John 53 · 7 tractates

There we read that in Samaria many believed through the preaching of Philip: and he is understood to have been either one of the apostles or one of the deacons; for we read there that seven deacons were ordained, among whom is the name of Philip.Tractate 6

…but ye shall receive virtue from on high, the Holy Spirit coming upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and unto the ends of the earth.Tractate 25

Tractate 1519Tractate 1616Tractate 438Tractate 64Tractate 254Tractate 171Tractate 951

Chrysostom, On the Acts 45 · 11 homilies

But how came it that in the case of the Samaritans this did not happen, but, on the contrary, neither before their baptism nor after it was there any controversy, and there they did not take it amiss, nay, as soon as they heard of it, sent the Apostles for this very purpose?Homily 24

"Then, it says, "the Church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace (they), being edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord, and abounded in the comfort of the Holy Ghost.Homily 21

Homily 1821Homily 255Homily 194Homily 23Homily 213Homily 243Homily 322Homily 141Homily 221Homily 281Homily 311

Cyril, On St Luke 19 · 7 sermons

…but being unable to submit to monastic rule, he went to Justin II., still clad in the monkish stole, and was by him made governor of Samaria:' where for twelve years he gave free licence to his ungoverned temper and avarice: as an instance of which, the historian mentions, that he hung the bishop of Ascalon up by one arm, ordering him not to be loosed for three days, unless upon payment of three talents of gold.Sermon 65

…but the stranger,----for as being a Samaritan he was of foreign race, having been brought thither from Assyria: for the phrase is not without meaning, "in the middle of Samaria and Galilee:" ----returned with a loud voice to glorify God.Sermon 112

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Chrysostom, On St Matthew 16 · 11 homilies

…why not sent to Samaritans, 214; why to be provided for, 215; to bid peace, 216; first mission of, prophetic, 219; how like sheep and doves, 220; how proved in the Acts, 221; aids and trials of, 221; above heathen heroes, 222; case of, worse than ours, 224; when to flee, 227; will be justified, 227; boldness of, 22…Homily 90

And whereas the Samaritan, seeing a wounded man, unknown, and not at all appertaining to him, both staid, and set him on a beast, and brought him home to the inn, and hired a physician, and gave some money, and promised more: thou, seeing one fallen not among thieves, but amongst a band of demons, and beset by ange…Homily 15

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St John 10 · 2 chapters

Now of that city many of the Samaritans believed in him, for the word of the woman giving testimony: He told me all things whatsoever I have done.John 4

…Do not we say well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil?John 8

John 49John 81

St Luke 10 · 3 chapters

But a certain Samaritan, being on his journey, came near him: and seeing him, was moved with compassion:Luke 10

And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.Luke 17

Luke 174Luke 93Luke 103

The Acts 9 · 4 chapters

But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.Acts 1

Now, the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria: and was edified, walking in the fear of the Lord: and was filled with the consolation of the Holy Ghost.Acts 9

Acts 86Acts 11Acts 91Acts 151

The City of God 4 · 1 book

The ten tribes, indeed, which Jeroboam the servant of Solomon received, being appointed the king in Samaria, were distinctively called Israel, although this had been the name of that whole people; but the two tribes, namely, of Judah and Benjamin, which for David's sake, lest the kingdom should be wholly wrenched from his race, remained subject to the city of Jerusalem, were called Judah, because…Book 22

Book 224

Catena Aurea on St Mark 4 · 4 chapters

And though all the province of the Jews is generally called Judaea, to distinguish it from other nations, more especially, however, its southern portion was called Judaea, to distinguish it from Samaria, Galilee, Decapolis, and the other regions in the same province.Chapter 10

…and many Antichrists came in the name of Christ, the first of whom was Simon Magus, to whom the Samaritans, as we read in the Acts of the Apostles, listened, saying, "This man is the great power of God.Chapter 13

Chapter 61Chapter 101Chapter 121Chapter 131

The English People 1 · 1 book

…so that, like the Samaritans of old, he seemed at the same time to serve Christ and the gods whom he served before; and in the same temple he had an altar for the Christian Sacrifice, and another small one at which to offer victims to devils.Book 2

Book 21

Dante, Purgatorio 1 · 1 canto

The natural thirst, that ne’er is satisfied Excepting with the water for whose grace The woman of Samaria besought, Put me in travail, and haste goaded me Along the encumbered path behind my Leader And I was pitying that righteous vengeance; And lo!Purgatorio 21

Purgatorio 211

St Matthew 1 · 1 chapter

…Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.Matthew 10

Matthew 101

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