John 4:18

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

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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

17The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

19The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive 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, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.

Genesis 34:7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly 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 aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

Jeremiah 3:20Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:35Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord:

John 4:16Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

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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