John 4:25

John 4:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
• New International Version (NIV)The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things."
• New King James Version (NKJV)The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.”

Context of John 4:25

23But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and in truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship him. 24God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and in truth.” The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” 26Jesus told her, “I, the one speaking to you, am he.” 27Just then his disciples arrived, and they were amazed that he was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

John 4:25 word by word

Λέγει αὐτῷ ἡ γυνή· οἶδα ὅτι Μεσσίας ἔρχεται, ὁ λεγόμενος χριστός, ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐκεῖνος, ἀναγγελεῖ ἡμῖν ἅπαντα.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• I knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• MessiasΜεσσίαςMessias · MessiahG3323
• comethἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• heἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• he will tellἀναγγέλλωanaggellō · to reportG312
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• all thingsπᾶςpas · allG3956

Cross-references for John 4:25

• John 4:42And they told the woman, “We no longer believe because of what you said, since we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the Savior of the world.”
• John 1:41He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated “the Christ”),
• Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city — to bring the rebellion to an end, to put a stop to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place.
• John 4:29“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”
• Deuteronomy 18:15“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.

Commentaries on John 4:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25I know that Messias cometh - Instead of I know, several excellent MSS. and versions read, , we know; as if she had said that all the Samaritans expected the advent of the Messiah. Though they did not receive the prophetic writings, yet the tradition of the advent of the Messiah, which was common among the Jews, and founded on promises contained even in the books of Moses, was generally received among the Samaritans also. Which is called Christ - This…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25I know that Messias cometh - As the Samaritans acknowledged the five books of Moses, so they expected, also, the coming of the Messiah. Which is called Christ - These are probably the words of the evangelist, as it is not likely that the woman would explain the name on such an occasion. Will tell us all things - Jesus had decided the question proposed to him John 4:20 in favor of the Jews. The woman does not seem to have been satisfied with this answer…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-26Verses 4-26 There was great hatred between the Samaritans and the Jews. Christ's road from Judea to Galilee lay through Samaria. We should not go into places of temptation but when we needs must; and then must not dwell in them, but hasten through them. We have here our Lord Jesus under the common fatigue of travellers. Thus we see that he was truly a man. Toil came in with sin; therefore Christ, having made himself a curse for us, submitted to it. Also…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-42At an ancient well in Samaria, Jesus offered himself as living water. This living water means the life that comes from God. Jesus spoke openly about who he was. When he revealed God’s truth, people had to respond. They either followed him or turned away. The Samaritan woman is very different from Nicodemus. She was a woman, not a man. She was a Samaritan, not a Jew. She had a sinful past, not a reputation for righteousness. She was an outsider, not a…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2625-26. I know Messias cometh ... when He is come, &c.--If we take our Lord's immediate disclosure of Himself, in answer to this, as the proper key to its meaning to His ear, we can hardly doubt that the woman was already all but prepared for even this startling announcement, which indeed she seems (from Joh 4:29) to have already begun to suspect by His revealing her to herself. Thus quickly, under so matchless a Teacher, was she brought up from her sunken…Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings