John 4:16

"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15"Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."

17"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;

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Cross References

John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, and said of him, "Look! here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceitfulness!"

John 4:18"for you have had five husbands, and the man you have at present is not your husband. You have spoken the truth in saying that."

Hebrews 4:13And no created thing is able to escape its scrutiny; but everything lies bare and completely exposed before the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.

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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