John 4:16-18
New English Translation
16 He[a] said to her, “Go call your husband and come back here.”[b] 17 The woman replied,[c] “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “Right you are when you said,[d] ‘I have no husband,’[e] 18 for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with[f] now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”
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- John 4:16 tc Most witnesses have “Jesus” here, either with the article (אc C2 D L Ws Ψ 086 M lat) or without (א* A Θ ƒ1,13 al), while several significant and early witnesses lack the name (P66,75 B C* 33vid). It is unlikely that scribes would have deliberately expunged the name of Jesus from the text here, especially since it aids the reader with the flow of the dialogue. Further, that the name occurs both anarthrously and with the article suggests that it was a later addition. (For similar arguments, see the tc note on “woman” in 4:11).
- John 4:16 tn Grk “come here” (“back” is implied).
- John 4:17 tn Grk “answered and said to him.”
- John 4:17 tn Grk “Well have you said.”
- John 4:17 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.
- John 4:18 tn Grk “the one you have.”
John 4:16-18
New International Version
16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 “I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
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