John 4:28

28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,

John 4:28 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
English Standard Version (ESV)
28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,
New Living Translation (NLT)
28 The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone,
The Message Bible (MSG)
28 The woman took the hint and left. In her confusion she left her water pot. Back in the village she told the people,
American Standard Version (ASV)
28 So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people,
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
28 Then the woman left her water jar and went back into the city. She told the people,
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
28 Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the men,
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
28 The woman left her water jar and went back to the town. She said to the people,

John 4:28 Meaning and Commentary

John 4:28

The woman then left her water pot
Her pail, or bucket, she brought with her to the well to draw water in: this she left, either for Christ and his disciples to make use of; or rather through forgetfulness, her mind being greatly impressed, and her thoughts much taken up with what Christ had said to her, and she being in haste to acquaint others with it: so the disciples left their nets, their business, their friends, and all for Christ; and so the saints are brought to quit their earthly and worldly things for the sake of Christ, and his Gospel. The Ethiopic version renders it, "she left her disputation": she left off discoursing with Christ upon the disciples coming to him.

And went her way into the city:
the city of Sychar, to inform her friends, relations, and neighbours what she had met with: so Andrew and Philip, when they had found Christ themselves, acquaint others with it, and bring them to him; so Levi, the publican, being called himself by Christ, makes a feast for Christ, and invites many publicans and sinners to sit down with him, that they might know him as well as himself; so the Apostle Paul, when converted, expresses a great concern for his brethren and kinsmen according to the flesh; and such is the nature of true grace, that those that have it would have others partakers of it likewise:

and saith to the men.
The Ethiopic version adds, "of her house"; no doubt the men of the place in general are meant; not only those of her family, but the inhabitants of the city. The Syriac version leaves out the words, "to the men". The Jews will not allow the Cuthites, or Samaritans, to be called "men"; this they peculiarly ascribe to priests, Levites, and Israelites F21.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 61. 1. & Tosephot in ib.

John 4:28 In-Context

26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,
29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”
30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
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