John 4:26

John 4:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

Context of John 4:26

24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 25The woman saith to him, I know that Messiah cometh, who is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith to her, I that speak to thee am he . 27And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? 28The woman then left her waterpot, and went into the city, and saith to the men,

John 4:26 word by word

λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἐγώ εἰμι, ὁ λαλῶν σοι.Read the interlinear

• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• theeσοίsoi · youG4671
• amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510

Cross-references for John 4:26

• John 9:37And Jesus said to him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
• Matthew 16:20Then he charged his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
• Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is thy eye evil, because I am good?
• Matthew 26:63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said to him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.
• Mark 14:61But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
• Luke 13:30And, behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.
• Romans 10:20But Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found by them that sought me not; I was made manifest to them that asked not for me.

Commentaries on John 4:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Jesus saith unto her, I - am he - Our Lord never spoke in such direct terms concerning himself to his own countrymen; nor even to his own disciples, till a little before his death. The reason given by Bishop Pearce is the following: The woman being alone when Jesus said it, and being a Samaritan, he had no reason to apprehend that the Samaritans, if they knew his claim, would disturb his ministry before the time of his suffering came; which seems to have…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26I that speak onto thee am - he I am the Messiah. This was the first time that he openly professed it. He did not do it yet to the Jews, for it would have excited envy and opposition. But nothing could be apprehended in Samaria; and as the woman seemed reluctant to listen to him as a prophet, and professed her willingness to listen to the Messiah, he openly declared that he was the Christ, that by some means he might save her soul. From this we may learn…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. 26I who speak to you am He: Jesus used an unusual and strong form of the words I am. This wording may point beyond a simple statement of identity. It can suggest a connection with the name of God revealed in the Old Testament (see 8:58; Exodus 3:14).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