John 4:18

for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom now thou hast is not thy husband: this thou hast spoken truly.

Darby Translation

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

17The woman answered and said, I have not a husband. Jesus says to her, Thou hast well said, I have not a husband;

19The woman says to him, Sir, I see that thou art a prophet.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art [but] a dead man, because of the woman that thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

Genesis 34:7And the sons of Jacob came from the fields when they heard [it]; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought what was disgraceful in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

Numbers 5:29This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth astray to another instead of her husband and is defiled,

Jeremiah 3:20Surely [as] a woman treacherously departeth from her companion, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.

Ezekiel 16:35Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah.

John 4:16Jesus says to her, Go, call thy husband, and come here.

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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