John 4:17

17 respondit mulier et dixit non habeo virum dicit ei Iesus bene dixisti quia non habeo virum

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 dicit ad eum mulier Domine da mihi hanc aquam ut non sitiam neque veniam huc haurire

16 dicit ei Iesus vade voca virum tuum et veni huc

17 respondit mulier et dixit non habeo virum dicit ei Iesus bene dixisti quia non habeo virum

18 quinque enim viros habuisti et nunc quem habes non est tuus vir hoc vere dixisti

19 dicit ei mulier Domine video quia propheta es tu