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John 4:27

And 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?

KJV

Καὶ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἦλθαν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐθαύμαζον ὅτι μετὰ γυναικὸς ἐλάλει· οὐδεὶς μέντοι εἶπεν· τί ζητεῖς ἤ τί λαλεῖς μετ’ αὐτῆς;

Greek NT

Et continuo venerunt discipuli ejus, et mirabantur quia cum muliere loquebatur. Nemo tamen dixit : Quid quæris ? aut, Quid loqueris cum ea ?

Vulgate

And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her?

ASV

And immediately his disciples came. And they wondered that he talked with the woman. Yet no man said: What seekest thou? Or: Why talkest thou with her?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
θαυμάζω
thaumazo
verb · 43×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μέντοι
mentoi
conjunction · 8×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: ἐθαύμαζον | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐθαύμαζον | RP: ἐθαύμασαν
  • ἐθαύμαζονSBLGNT
  • ἐθαύμαζονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐθαύμασανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 10:28 — And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man commo
  • Gen 37:15 — And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
  • John 4:8 — (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
  • John 4:9 — Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
  • Luke 7:39 — Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is