John 4:17

the woman answered and said, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus says to her, “Well did you say—I do not have a husband;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Jesus says to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here”;

18for you have had five husbands, and now, he whom you have is not your husband; you have said this correctly.”

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Cross References

John 4:29“Come, see a Man who told me all things—as many as I did; is this the Christ?”

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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