John 4:17

17 She answered, "I don't have a husband." Yeshua said to her, "You're right, you don't have a husband!

John 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

John 4:17

The woman answered and said, I have no husband
Which was a truth she would not have spoke at another time and place, or to any of her neighbours; but Christ being a stranger, and no odium incurring upon her by it; and this serving a purpose to excuse her going to call him, she declares the truth of the matter:

Jesus said unto her, thou hast well said, I have no husband;
this is the truth, it is really fact, and is the true state of the case, between thee and him, who goes for thy husband.

John 4:17 In-Context

15 "Sir, give me this water," the woman said to him, "so that I won't have to be thirsty and keep coming here to draw water."

16 He said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come back."

17 She answered, "I don't have a husband." Yeshua said to her, "You're right, you don't have a husband!

18 You've had five husbands in the past, and you're not married to the man you're living with now! You've spoken the truth!"

19 "Sir, I can see that you are a prophet," the woman replied.