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John 4:17

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

KJV

ἀπεκρίθη ἡ γυνὴ καὶ εἶπεν· ἄνδρα οὐκ ἔχω. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· καλῶς εἶπες ὅτι ἄνδρα οὐκ ἔχω·

Greek NT

Respondit mulier, et dixit : Non habeo virum. Dicit ei Jesus : Bene dixisti, quia non habeo virum ;

Vulgate

The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:

ASV

The woman answered and said: I have no husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast said well: I have no husband.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλῶς
kalos
adverb · 36×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτῷ | WH/NIV: αὐτῷ
  • αὐτῷSBLGNT
  • αὐτῷWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • John 4:29 — Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?