Jean 4:17

17 La femme répondit: Je n'ai point de mari. Jésus lui dit: Tu as fort bien dit: 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 de cette eau, afin que je n'aie plus soif, et que je ne vienne plus puiser ici.

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

17 La femme répondit: Je n'ai point de mari. Jésus lui dit: Tu as fort bien dit: Je n'ai point de mari;

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

19 La femme lui dit: Seigneur, je vois que tu es un prophète.