John 4:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Jesus replied to her, “Go call your husband and [then] come here.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition At this, Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come back here. American Standard Version (1901) Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. Common English Bible Jesus said to her, “Go, get your husband, and come back here.” Catholic Public Domain Version Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and return here." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither. |
So, Andrew brought Simon Peter to Jesus. [And when] Jesus saw him, He said [to him], “You are Simon, the son of John [Note: Peter’s father is called Jonah in Matt. 16:17]; you will be called Cephas (which means Peter [i.e., “a stone.” See Matt. 16:18]).”
Then Jesus asked him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you [truly] love me?” Peter was sad because Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you [even] love me?” So, he said to Jesus, “Lord, you know all things. You [surely] know that I love you.” Jesus replied to him, “[Then] feed my sheep.
The woman [then] said to Him, “Sir, [please] give me [some of] that water, so that I do not get thirsty [again], or have to come all the way here to draw [water].”
The woman said to Him, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus said to her, “You were right when you said, ‘I do not have a husband,’
because you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not [really] your husband. So, you have told the truth.”
And no created being is hidden from God’s sight, but everything is laid bare and is openly visible to the eyes of God, to whom we must give account.
And I will strike her children dead [or, “kill her children by some terrible calamity” See Ex. 5:3 LXX]. Then all the churches will know that I am the One who searches the inmost being of people. [Note: The Greek says, “searches the kidneys and hearts.” In that day these internal organs stood for the inner thoughts, emotions, etc.]. And I will repay each one of you people according to what you have done.