John 4:18

for five husbands thou hast had, and, now, he whom thou hast is not thy husband; this hast thou said truly.'

Young's Literal Translation

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 not a husband.' Jesus saith to her, 'Well didst thou say — A husband I have not;

19The woman saith to him, 'Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet;

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, 'Lo, thou [art] a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken — and she married to a husband.'

Genesis 34:7and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it [is] very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob — and so it is not done.

Numbers 5:29'This [is] the law of jealousies, when a wife turneth aside under her husband, and hath been defiled,

Jeremiah 3:20But — a woman hath deceived her friend, So ye have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 16:35Therefore, O whore, hear a word of Jehovah,

John 4:16Jesus saith to 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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