John 4:16 Explained in Context

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Verse 16. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

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Quick Meaning

Read It With

John 4:16-26

Read John 4:16 with 4:16-26. In isolation, this contribution—opens Jesus Names Her History and Reframes Worship by recording the wording that preserves speech that redirects the scene or presses its claim: “Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither”—can be detached from its speaker, question, sign, festival, conflict, or outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus asks the woman to call her husband, discloses her complex marital history, receives her worship question, affirms salvation from the Jews, and announces worship in Spirit and truth before identifying himself as Messiah.

Why This Verse Appears Here

John 4:16 opens Jesus Names Her History and Reframes Worship by recording the wording that preserves speech that redirects the scene or presses its claim: “Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither”. As the opening turn in Jesus Names Her History and Reframes Worship, it keeps this detail inside the unit's governing movement: Jesus asks the woman to call her husband, discloses her complex marital history, receives her worship question, affirms salvation from the Jews, and announces worship in Spirit and truth before identifying himself as Messiah.

What Remains True

John 4:16 opens Jesus Names Her History and Reframes Worship by recording the wording that preserves speech that redirects the scene or presses its claim: “Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither”. Its enduring force supports this passage-controlled response: Tell truth without inventing shame, and let worship in Spirit and truth deepen rather than erase the Jewish story through which John presents salvation.

How It Can Shape Life

For John 4:16, practice this verse's particular contribution by doing the following without outrunning John 4:16-26: Tell truth without inventing shame, and let worship in Spirit and truth deepen rather than erase the Jewish story through which John presents salvation.

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Read John 4:16-26 — Jesus Names Her History and Reframes Worship

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.

Exact location: John 4:16-26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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Greek textual evidence

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos

Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010

Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and critical-text reading checked independently of the KJV.

Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/John.txt, 4:16-26

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Translation and textual notes

NET Bible — John with translators' and textual notes

Biblical Studies Press

Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition

Supports: Verse-level syntax, older-English clarification, material variants, background, and alternatives.

Exact location: NET Bible John PDF, John 4:16-26 and attached translator, study, and textual notes

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