The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
Parallel translations
- WEB The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”
- BSB The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
- 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.”
- NASB The woman *said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.”
- NLT The woman said, “I know the Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
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Quick answer
The woman says she knows Messiah is coming and will explain everything. Her words express genuine expectation that Jesus is about to fulfill.
Overview
Even the Samaritans awaited a coming Messiah who would reveal God's truth. Her statement of hope sets up Jesus' direct self-disclosure. It shows that her growing understanding has reached the threshold of recognizing the Christ.
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Cross-references · 8
- John 1:49Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
- Dan 9:24–26Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
- John 4:42And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
- Matt 1:16And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
- John 4:29Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
- John 1:41–42He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
- Deut 18:15–18The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
- John 4:39And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
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