The Savior of the World

39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him (A)because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of His own (B)word.

42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for (C)we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed [a]the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:42 NU omits the Christ

Many Samaritans Believe

39 Many of the Samaritans from that town(A) believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”(B) 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers.

42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”(C)

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