John 4:16

Jesus said to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

In Context

15The woman said to him: My lord, give me of these waters, that I may not thirst again, and may not come to draw from here.

17She said to him: I have no husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast well said, I have no husband;

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Cross References

John 1:47And Jesus saw Nathaniel coming towards him, and said of him: Behold a real Israelite, in whom is no deceit.

John 4:18for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband. In this thou didst speak truly.

Hebrews 4:13neither is there any creature, which is concealed from before him; but every thing is naked and manifest before his eyes, to whom we are to give account.

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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