John 4:16

John 4:16

14 but ^awhoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him ^bwill become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

15 ^aThe woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’

18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”

19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, ^aI perceive that You are a prophet.

20 Our fathers worshiped on ^athis mountain, and you Jews say that in ^bJerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Call thy husband - Our Lord appears to have spoken these words for two purposes:

1.To make the woman consider her own state.

2.To show her that he knew her heart, and the secret actions of her life; and was therefore well qualified to teach her heavenly truths.

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