John 4:18
For thou hast had five husbands: and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband. This thou hast said truly.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
17dummy verses inserted by amos
19The woman saith to him: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
Cross References
Genesis 20:3And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.
Genesis 34:7Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter,
Numbers 5:29This is the law of jealousy. If a woman hath gone aside from her husband, and be defiled,
Jeremiah 3:20But as a woman that despiseth her lover, so hath the house of Israel despised me, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:35Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord.
John 4:16Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither. 17 The woman answered, and said: I have no husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast said well, I have no husband:
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 →