John 4:26

George Lamsa Translation

Jesus said to her, I am he, who is speaking to you.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus told her, “I, the one speaking to you, am he.”

King James Version (1611)
Iesus sayth vnto her, I that speake vnto thee, am hee.

King James Version
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

English Standard Version
Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."

New American Standard Bible
Jesus said to her, "I am He, the One speaking to you."

New Century Version
Then Jesus said, "I am he—I, the one talking to you."

Amplified Bible
Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you, am He (the Messiah)."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."

Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus *said to her, "I who speak to you am He."

Berean Standard Bible
Jesus answered, "I who speak to you am He."

Contemporary English Version
"I am that one," Jesus told her, "and I am speaking to you now."

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua said to her, "I, the person speaking to you, am he."

Darby Translation
Jesus says to her, I who speak to thee am [he].

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus said, "He is talking to you now—I am the Messiah."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus said vnto her, I am he, that speake vnto thee.

Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "I am he, I who am talking with you."

Lexham English Bible
Jesus said to her, "I, the one speaking to you, am he.

Literal Translation
Jesus said to her, I AM! the One speaking to you.

American Standard Version
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you."

International Standard Version
Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who is speaking to you."Matthew 26:63-64; Mark 14:61-62; John 9:37;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
26 Jeshu saith to her, I am (he), I who speak with thee. [fn]

Murdock Translation
Jesus said to her: I, who talk with thee, am he.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus sayth vnto her: I that speake vnto thee, am he.

English Revised Version
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

World English Bible
Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus saith to her, I that speak to thee, am He.

Weymouth's New Testament
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus seith to hir, Y am he, that spekith with thee.

Update Bible Version
Jesus says to her, I am he that speaks to you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus saith to her, I that speak to thee am [he].

New English Translation
Jesus said to her, "I, the one speaking to you, am he."

New King James Version
Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."

New Living Translation
Then Jesus told her, " I am the Messiah!"

New Life Bible
Jesus said to her, "I am the Christ, the One talking with you!"

New Revised Standard
Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who is speaking to you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus saith unto her - I, that speak unto thee, am he.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus saith to her: I am he, who am speaking with thee.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus sayde vnto hir: I that speake vnto the am he.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus saith to her, `I am [he], who am speaking to thee.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus sayde vnto her: I that speake vnto the, am he.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus said to her, I that am talking with you am he.

THE MESSAGE
"I am he," said Jesus. "You don't have to wait any longer or look any further."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus stood up and said, "I AM God's Top Hand."

Contextual Overview

⁴ He had to go through Samaritan territory. ⁵ Then he came to a Samaritan city, called Sychar, near the field which Jacob had given to his son Joseph. ⁶ Now Jacob''s well was there; and Jesus was tired by the fatigue of the journey, and sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. ⁷ And there came a woman from Samaria to draw water; and Jesus said to her, Give me water to drink. ⁸ His disciples had entered into the city to buy food for themselves. ⁹ The Samaritan woman said to him, How is it? You are a Jew, and yet you ask me for a drink, who am a Samaritan woman? For Jews have no social intercourse with Samaritans. ¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, If you only knew the gift of God, and who is the man who said to you, Give me a drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water. ¹¹ The woman said to him, My lord, you have no leather bucket, and no deep well; where do you get the living water? ¹² Why, are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and he himself drank from it, and his sons and his sheep? ¹³ Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I that: John 9:37, Matthew 16:20, Matthew 20:15, Matthew 26:63, Matthew 26:64, Mark 14:61, Mark 14:62, Luke 13:30, Romans 10:20, Romans 10:21

Reciprocal: Luke 4:21 - This day John 4:10 - and who Acts 8:5 - preached

Cross-References

Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from thy face shall I be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth; and it shall come to pass, that whoever finds me shall slay me.

Genesis 4:15
And the LORD said to him, It shall not be so; whoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, so that anyone who may find him may not kill him.

Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he started to build a village, and named the village after the name of his son, Enoch.

Genesis 4:18
And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methusael: and Methusael begot Lamech.

Genesis 12:8
And from thence he removed to a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD,

Genesis 26:25
And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaacs servants dug a well.

1 Kings 18:24
And you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD my God; and the God who answers by fire, he is God. And all the people answered and said, You have spoken well.

Psalms 116:17
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call upon the name of the LORD.

Isaiah 44:5
One shall say, I am the LORDS; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand to the LORD and surname himself by the name of Israel.

Isaiah 48:1
HEAR these things, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel and are come forth from the loins of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth nor in righteousness.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus saith unto her,.... Upon her making mention of the Messiah, of his coming, and of his work, he took the opportunity of making himself known unto her:

I that speak unto thee am [he]; the Messiah; see Isaiah 52:6. This is a wonderful instance of the grace of Christ to this woman, that he should make himself known in so clear and plain a manner, to so mean a person, and so infamous a creature as she had been: we never find that he ever made so clear a discovery of himself, in such express terms, to any, as to her, unless it were to his immediate disciples; and these he would sometimes charge not to tell who he was.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I that speak onto thee am - he I am the Messiah. This was the first time that he openly professed it. He did not do it yet to the Jews, for it would have excited envy and opposition. But nothing could be apprehended in Samaria; and as the woman seemed reluctant to listen to him as a prophet, and professed her willingness to listen to the Messiah, he openly declared that he was the Christ, that by some means he might save her soul. From this we may learn:

1. The great wisdom of the Lord Jesus in leading the thoughts along to the subject of practical personal religion.
2. His knowledge of the heart and of the life. He must be therefore divine.
3. He gave evidence here that he was the Messiah. This was the design of John in writing this gospel. He has therefore recorded this narrative, which was omitted by the other evangelists.
4. We see our duty. It is to seize on all occasions to lead sinners to the belief that Jesus is the Christ, and to make use of all topics of conversation to teach them the nature of religion. There never was a model of so much wisdom in this as the Saviour, and we shall be successful only as we diligently study his character.
5. We see the nature of religion. It does not consist merely in external forms. It is pure, spiritual, active - an ever-bubbling fountain. It is the worship of a pure and holy God, where the heart is offered, and where the desires of an humble soul are breathed out; for salvation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 26. Jesus saith unto her, I - am he.] Our Lord never spoke in such direct terms concerning himself to his own countrymen; nor even to his own disciples, till a little before his death. The reason given by Bishop Pearce is the following: The woman being alone when Jesus said it, and being a Samaritan, he had no reason to apprehend that the Samaritans, if they knew his claim, would disturb his ministry before the time of his suffering came; which seems to have been the reason why he concealed it so long from his own countrymen.