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He saysΛέγειto her,αὐτῇ“Go,Ὕπαγεcallφώνησονyour husband,τὸν ἄνδρα σουandκαὶcomeἐλθὲhere.”ἐνθάδε
John 4:16
Study it in the app“He says to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.””
With the Greek beneath
John 4:16, word by word
- He saysΛέγειLegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “Legei” appears- “GoὝπαγεHypage
go away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “Hypage” appears- callφώνησονphōnēson
call
To call someone, or shout.
Where else “phōnēson” appears- your husbandἄνδραandra
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andra” appears- comeἐλθὲelthe
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthe” appears- hereἐνθάδεenthade
here
Here, to this place.
Where else “enthade” appears
The context
15The woman says to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty nor have to come here to draw water.”
16 · This verse (above)
17The woman answered and said to him, “I have no husband.” Jesus says to her, “You have said well, ‘I have no husband’;
To study John 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask of the Samaritan woman at the well, and what does he offer her? (vv. 7-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says God seeks worshipers who worship “in spirit and truth.” What answer does he give to her question about the place? (vv. 20-24)
3. How I live it
The woman left her water jar and told others what had happened to her (vv. 28-29). Whom could you invite to “come and see” something good?