John 4:17

In reply, the isha (woman) said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, I do not have a ba'al. He says to her, Well you spoke, I do not have a ba'al.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

16Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to her, Go, call your ba'al (husband), and come back here.

18For beetzem (in fact) chamisha be'alim (five husbands) you had, and the one you have now is not your ba'al (husband). What you have said is emes. + 4:18 2Kgs 17:24; Hos 2:7

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Cross References

John 4:29Come, see an ish who told me everything I have ever done. Surely this one is Moshiach, is he not?

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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