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NASB | John 4:18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 4:18 for you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. You have said this truthfully." |
Subject: Had Woman at Well Been Married 5 Times? |
Bible Note: Hi Emmaus, That was an interesting quote, especially about the "husbands". The post led me to compare Matthew 8:5-13 with John 4:46-54. The writer of your quote said that they were "parallel accounts". Actually one concerned a centurian and his slave and the other was about a royal official and his son. The connection I saw in the stories was Matthew 8:7 and John 4:47. Jesus said that He would come and heal the servant, but the centurian said, "just say the word". The passage in John had the official requesting Jesus to come down and heal his son. But Jesus just said the word. And the official believed the word that Jesus spoke to him. The centurion in Matthew said, "For I, too, am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it'." Jesus then said of the centurion, "Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel." And that is great faith is it not? That same faith was shown by the royal official as well, for he believed the word Jesus had spoken. I believe that the faith that Jesus was pleased with as well, was the faith "that Thou didst send Me". Just as the centurion can send his messengers and get the job done through them, Jesus can send His word for the official, and God can send His Son for us. John 17:8, "for the words which Thou gavest Me (I) have given to them; and they received them, and truly understood that I came forth from Thee, and they believed that Thou didst send Me." John 17:3, "And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true (God), and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent." From the heart, Ray |