John 4:18

Plain English Version

You have had 5 different husbands, and the man you live with now is only your boyfriend. You are not married to him. Yes, it’s true, you haven’t got a husband.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:3

God was not happy that Abimelek was going to marry Sarah, so one night he gave Abimelek a dream, and in that dream, God told him, “You are going to die. You took Sarah to be your wife, but she is already married to Abraham.”

Genesis 34:31

But Simeon and Levi said, “That man did a bad thing to our sister. He made her sleep with him, like a woman sleeps with her husband, and then he tried to pay us money for her. Somebody had to do payback to his mob.”

Mark 10:12

And if a woman splits up from her husband, and then if she marries another man, she is sleeping with the wrong man as if he is her proper husband. But he is not, and she is breaking God’s law, and she is doing wrong to her proper husband.”

John 4:16

Jesus said, “Well, go and get your husband and bring him here.”

John 4:17

The woman said, “I haven’t got a husband.” Jesus said to her, “That’s right. You haven’t got a husband now.

John 4:19

The woman said, “Sir, you know all about me. I reckon you are one of those men that get messages from God.