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George Lamsa Translation

John 4:29

Come and see a man who told me everything which I have done; why, is he the Christ?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Converts;   Faith;   Jacob;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Samaria;   Shechem;   Testimony;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;   Character Transformed;   Christ;   Confessing Christ;   Confession-Denial, Christ;   Confessions, Seven;   Conversion;   Notable Women;   Samaritans;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as;   Samaria, Modern;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shechem;   Wells and Springs;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jesus christ;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Patience;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Samaritans;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gospels;   Jesus Christ;   Manasseh (2);   Nathanael;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hour;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   John, the Gospel of;   Marriage;   Messiah;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Mss;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Attributes of Christ;   Authority of Christ;   Boyhood of Jesus;   Entry into Jerusalem;   Fig-Tree ;   Hopefulness ;   John (the Apostle);   Kenosis;   Nathanael ;   Preaching Christ;   Proverbs ;   Religious Experience;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Samaritans;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount samaria;   Samaria;   Samaritans;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”
King James Version (1611)
Come, see a man, which tolde me all things that euer I did: Is not this the Christ?
King James Version
Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
English Standard Version
"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"
New American Standard Bible
"Come, see a Man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is He?"
New Century Version
"Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did. Do you think he might be the Christ?"
Amplified Bible
"Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done! Can this be the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?"
Legacy Standard Bible
"Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; is this not the Christ?"
Berean Standard Bible
"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"
Contemporary English Version
"Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! Could he be the Messiah?"
Complete Jewish Bible
"Come, see a man who told me everything I've ever done. Could it be that this is the Messiah?"
Darby Translation
Come, see a man who told me all things I had ever done: is not he the Christ?
Easy-to-Read Version
"A man told me everything I have ever done. Come see him. Maybe he is the Messiah."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Come, see a man which hath tolde me all things that euer I did: is not he that Christ?
Good News Translation
"Come and see the man who told me everything I have ever done. Could he be the Messiah?"
Lexham English Bible
"Come, see a man who told me everything I have ever done! Perhaps this one is the Christ?"
Literal Translation
Come, see a Man who told me all things, whatever I did. Is this One not the Christ?
American Standard Version
Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I did: can this be the Christ?
Bible in Basic English
Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?
Hebrew Names Version
"Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Messiah?"
International Standard Version
"Come and see a man who told me everything I've ever done! Could he possibly be the Christ?"[fn]John 4:25;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Come, see a man who hath told me every thing that I have done: is not this the Meshicha ?
Murdock Translation
Come, see a man that told me every thing I ever did: is not this the Messiah?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Come, see a man which tolde me all thynges that euer I dyd: Is not he Christe?
English Revised Version
Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: can this be the Christ?
World English Bible
"Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Is not this the Christ?
Weymouth's New Testament
"Come," she said, "and see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Can this be the Christ, do you think?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Come ye, and se ye a man, that seide to me alle thingis that Y haue don; whether he be Crist?
Update Bible Version
Come, see a man, who told me all things that I ever did: can this be the Christ?
Webster's Bible Translation
Come, see a man who hath told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
New English Translation
"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can't be the Messiah, can he?"
New King James Version
"Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"
New Living Translation
"Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?"
New Life Bible
"Come and see a Man Who told me everything I ever did! Can this be the Christ?"
New Revised Standard
"Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Come! see a man, that told me all things that ever I did: Can, this, be, the Christ?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Come, and see a man who has told me all things whatsoever I have done. Is not he the Christ?
Revised Standard Version
"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Come se a man which tolde me all thinges yt ever I dyd. Is not he Christ?
Young's Literal Translation
`Come, see a man, who told me all things -- as many as I did; is this the Christ?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Come, se a man, which hath tolde me all that euer I dyd, Is not he Christ?
Mace New Testament (1729)
see a man who told me all that ever I have done: is not this the Christ?
Simplified Cowboy Version
"Quick, come see the cowboy who could read my mind and see into my soul! Go and see for yourself. I think he is God's Top Hand . . . I believe he is the Messiah!"

Contextual Overview

27 While he was talking, his disciples came, and they were surprised that he was talking with a married woman; but no one said to him, What do you want? or, What are you talking with her? 28 The woman then left her water jar, and went to the city and said to the men, 29 Come and see a man who told me everything which I have done; why, is he the Christ? 30 And the men went out of the city, and came to him. 31 During the interval his disciples begged him, saying, Teacher, eat. 32 But he said to them, I have food to eat, of which you do not know. 33 The disciples said among themselves, Why, did any man bring him something to eat? 34 Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work. 35 Do you not say that after four months comes the harvest? behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, which have turned white and have long been ready for the harvest. 36 And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruits to life everlasting; so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 4:17, John 4:18, John 4:25, John 1:41-49, 1 Corinthians 14:24, 1 Corinthians 14:25, Revelation 22:17

Reciprocal: Judges 13:10 - Behold 1 Samuel 9:19 - and will tell 2 Kings 5:4 - and told his lord Matthew 12:23 - Is not Mark 5:19 - Go home Luke 2:17 - General Luke 2:26 - the Lord's Luke 8:39 - and published Luke 9:20 - The John 1:46 - Come John 4:19 - I perceive John 4:39 - for John 4:42 - and know John 5:15 - and told John 7:41 - This is Acts 10:24 - and had

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Come, see a man,.... An uncommon, an extraordinary man, a prophet, and, who himself says, he is the Messiah, who is now at Jacob's well; come, go along with me, and see him and converse with him, and judge for yourselves, who, and what he is: she does not say, "go and see"; for she proposed to go along with them herself, that she might have more conversation with him, and knowledge of him, and grace from him: so such that have tasted that the Lord is gracious, desire more grace from him, and communion with him.

Which told me all things that ever I did; the more remarkable things that had been done by her in the whole series of her life and conversation; referring more especially to the account he had given her of her having had five husbands, and what the man was she now lived with; when no doubt, all the transactions of her life were laid before her, and she had, at once, a view of all her iniquities; when her sins stared her in the face, and her conscience was filled with guilt and remorse, and her soul with shame and confusion; and so it is when Christ, by his Spirit, convinces of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment:

is not this the Christ? that was to come, has been promised and prophesied of, and we have expected, who is of quick understanding, and even God omniscient; surely this must be he, as he himself says he is.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is not this the Christ? - Though she probably believed it, yet she proposed it modestly, lest she should appear to dictate in a case which was so important, and which demanded so much attention. The evidence on which she was satisfied that he was the Messiah was that he had told her all things that she had done - perhaps much more than is here recorded. The question which she submitted to them was whether this was not satisfactory proof that he was the Messiah.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. All things that ever I did — The Jews believed that one essential characteristic of the Messiah would be, that he should be able to tell the secrets of all hearts. This they believed was predicted, Isaiah 11:2-3.

When the famous impostor Barchochab, who rose up under the empire of Adrian, about a hundred years after the incarnation, professed himself to be the Messiah, after having been deceived by him for two years, they at last thought of putting his divinity to proof on this ground: they brought before him persons whom he did not know, some of whom were very vicious, and others of a different character; they desired him to point out who were the righteous, and who were the wicked; which when he could not do, they rose up and put him to death. La Bible de Martin.


 
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