John 4:17-18

4:17 The woman replied, ¹  “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “Right you are when you said, ²  ‘I have no husband,’ ³  4:18 for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with ⁴  now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”

John 4:25

4:25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (the one called Christ); ⁵  “whenever he ⁶  comes, he will tell ⁷  us everything.” ⁸ 

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¹ tn Grk “answered and said to him.”

² tn Grk “Well have you said.”

³ tn The word order in Jesus’ reply is reversed from the woman’s original statement. The word “husband” in Jesus’ reply is placed in an emphatic position.

⁴ tn Grk “the one you have.”

⁵ tn Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “the one who has been anointed.”

sn The one called Christ. This is a parenthetical statement by the author. See the note on Christ in 1:20.

⁶ tn Grk “that one.”

⁷ tn Or “he will announce to us.”

⁸ tn Grk “all things.”