John 4:18

You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.

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In The King James Version

For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

In Context

17In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband:

19The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

Genesis 34:7Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

Numbers 5:29This is the law for testing a wife who goes with another in place of her husband and becomes unclean;

Jeremiah 3:20Truly, as a wife is false to her husband, so have you been false to me, O Israel, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:35For this cause, O loose woman, give ear to the voice of the Lord:

John 4:16Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.

Matthew Henry on John 4:5-27

Christ at the Well of Samaria. 4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria… Read the whole commentary →

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