English Standard Version
John 4:29
29"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"
John 4:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
- New International Version (NIV)“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?”
Context of John 4:29
27Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, "What do you seek?" or, "Why are you talking with her?" 28So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" 30They went out of the town and were coming to him. 31Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
Read all of John 4John 4:29 word by word
δεῦτε, ἴδετε ἄνθρωπον ὃς εἶπέν μοι πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησα· μήτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστός;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Comeδεῦτεdeute · comeG1205
- seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- toldλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- all thingsπᾶςpas · allG3956
- that everὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
- I didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- notμήτιmēti · surely notG3385
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- the Christὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
Cross-references for John 4:29
- John 4:17The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband';
- John 1:41He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ).
- 1 Corinthians 14:24But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all,
- Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.
Commentaries on John 4:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29All things that ever I did - The Jews believed that one essential characteristic of the Messiah would be, that he should be able to tell the secrets of all hearts. This they believed was predicted, Isaiah 11:2, Isaiah 11:3. When the famous impostor Barchochab, who rose up under the empire of Adrian, about a hundred years after the incarnation, professed himself to be the Messiah, after having been deceived by him for two years, they at last thought of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Is not this the Christ? - Though she probably believed it, yet she proposed it modestly, lest she should appear to dictate in a case which was so important, and which demanded so much attention. The evidence on which she was satisfied that he was the Messiah was that he had told her all things that she had done - perhaps much more than is here recorded. The question which she submitted to them was whether this was not satisfactory proof that he was the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-42Verses 27-42 The disciples wondered that Christ talked thus with a Samaritan. Yet they knew it was for some good reason, and for some good end. Thus when particular difficulties occur in the word and providence of God, it is good to satisfy ourselves that all is well that Jesus Christ says and does. Two things affected the woman. The extent of his knowledge. Christ knows all the thoughts, words, and actions, of all the children of men. And the power of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-30The woman was not fully certain about who Jesus was (4:29). She asked the people of her village, “Could this be the Christ?” Her words show that she was still thinking and learning. Even so, she ran back to the village and told others about him. She invited them to come and see for themselves. Telling others about Jesus is a sign of discipleship. Earlier in this Gospel, others also invited people to “come and see”(see 1:39, 46).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3028-30. left her water-pot--How exquisitely natural! The presence of strangers made her feel that it was time for her to withdraw, and He who knew what was in her heart, and what she was going to the city to do, let her go without exchanging a word with her in the hearing of others. Their interview was too sacred, and the effect on the woman too overpowering (not to speak of His own deep emotion) to allow of its being continued. But this one artless…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
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