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forγὰρyou have hadἔσχεςfiveπέντεhusbands,ἄνδραςandκαὶthe oneὃνyou haveἔχειςnowνῦνis notοὐκ ἔστινyour husband.σου ἀνήρWhat you have saidεἴρηκαςis true.”τοῦτο ἀληθὲς
John 4:18
Study it in the app“for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true.””
With the Greek beneath
John 4:18, word by word
- you have hadἔσχεςesches
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “esches” appears- fiveπέντεpente
five
Five.
Where else “pente” appears- husbandsἄνδραςandras
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andras” appears- is notἔστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- What you have saidεἴρηκαςeirēkas
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eirēkas” appears- is trueἀληθὲςalēthes
true, truthful
True, truthful.
Where else “alēthes” appears
The context
17The woman answered and said to him, “I have no husband.” Jesus says to her, “You have said well, ‘I have no husband’;
18 · This verse (above)
19The woman says to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
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?