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John 4:39 KJV
John · chapter 4 · verse 39
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.John 4:39 · King James Version
John 4:39 in context
37And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
38I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
39And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
40So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
41And many more believed because of his own word;
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Key words (Strong's)
- Samaritanssamaritēsa Samaritan,, an inhabitant of the city of Samaria, an inhabitant of the region of SamariaG4541 →
- testifiedmartyreōto be a witness, to bear witnessG3140 →
- testifiedhotithat, because, sinceG3754 →
- believedpisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- sayinglogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- womangynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
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We have here the remainder of the story of what happened when Christ was in Samaria, after the long conference he had with the woman. I. The interruption given to this discourse by the disciples' coming. It is probable that much more was said than is recorded;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-42