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A Display of Divine Knowledge
Commentators agree that Jesus's knowledge of the woman's five husbands and current unlawful relationship was a supernatural revelation. This wasn't a clever guess but a demonstration of His divine omniscience. By laying bare the secret details of her life, Jesus proved His authority and that He could see directly into her heart, a truth that stunned her.
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Albert Barnes
On John 4:18
18th Century
Theologian
Hast had five husbands. Who have either died; or who, on account of your improper conduct, have divorced you; or whom you have left improp…
Charles Ellicott
On John 4:18
19th Century
Bishop
In that you said truly.—The stroke goes deeper. It lays bare the secrets of all those years over which she thought the ve…
Charles Spurgeon
On John 4:18–19
19th Century
Preacher
For you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband: in that you spoke truly. The woman said to him, Sir, I perceive t…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 4:18
Jesus shocked the woman when he lifted the curtain on her past life. The conversation had passed from the small-talk stage to the personal. Her evi…
John Gill
On John 4:18
17th Century
Pastor
For you have had five husbands
Which she either had had lawfully, and had buried one after another; and which was no…
Matthew Henry
On John 4:4–26
17th Century
Minister
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 o…