Jean 4:17

17 La femme répondit: Je n'ai point de mari. Jésus lui dit: Tu as eu raison de dire: Je n'ai point de mari.

Jean 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.

Jean 4:17 In-Context

15 La femme lui dit: Seigneur, donne-moi cette eau, afin que je n'aie plus soif, et que je ne vienne plus puiser ici.

16 Va, lui dit Jésus, appelle ton mari, et viens ici.

17 La femme répondit: Je n'ai point de mari. Jésus lui dit: Tu as eu raison de dire: Je n'ai point de mari.

18 Car tu as eu cinq maris, et celui que tu as maintenant n'est pas ton mari. En cela tu as dit vrai.

19 Seigneur, lui dit la femme, je vois que tu es prophète.