John 4:28
New International Version
Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,

New Living Translation
The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone,

English Standard Version
So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

Berean Literal Bible
Then the woman left her water pot and went away into the city, and says to the men,

King James Bible
The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

New King James Version
The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men,

New American Standard Bible
So the woman left her waterpot and went into the city, and said to the people,

NASB 1995
So the woman left her waterpot, and went into the city and said to the men,

NASB 1977
So the woman left her waterpot, and went into the city, and said to the men,

Legacy Standard Bible
So the woman left her water jar, and went into the city and said to the men,

Amplified Bible
Then the woman left her water jar, and went into the city and began telling the people,

Christian Standard Bible
Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the people,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the men, “

American Standard Version
So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the woman left her cruse and went to the city and said to the men:

Contemporary English Version
The woman left her water jar and ran back into town, where she said to the people,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The woman therefore left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men there:

English Revised Version
So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the men,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the woman left her water jar and went back into the city. She told the people,

Good News Translation
Then the woman left her water jar, went back to the town, and said to the people there,

International Standard Version
Then the woman left her water jar and went back to town. She told people,

Literal Standard Version
The woman then left her water-jug and went away into the city, and says to the men,

Majority Standard Bible
Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

New American Bible
The woman left her water jar and went into the town and said to the people,

NET Bible
Then the woman left her water jar, went off into the town and said to the people,

New Revised Standard Version
Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people,

New Heart English Bible
So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people,

Webster's Bible Translation
The woman then left her waterpot, and went into the city, and saith to the men,

Weymouth New Testament
The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.

World English Bible
So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people,

Young's Literal Translation
The woman then left her water-jug, and went away to the city, and saith to the men,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Disciples Return and Marvel
27Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?” 28Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people, 29“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”…

Cross References
John 4:27
Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, "What do You want from her?" or "Why are You talking with her?"

John 4:29
"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"


Treasury of Scripture

The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and said to the men,

John 4:7
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

Matthew 28:8
And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

Mark 16:8-10
And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid…

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John 4
1. Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria, and reveals his identity to her.
27. His disciples marvel.
31. He declares to them his zeal for God's glory.
39. Many Samaritans believe on him.
43. He departs into Galilee, and heals the ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum.














(28) The woman then left her waterpot.--The waterpot left behind was a pledge of her return; and it is to us a mark of the presence of him who has related the incidents.

Verses 28, 29. - The woman then (i.e. in consequence of the arrival of the disciples) left her water pot (ἀφῆκε); left it to itself, forgot the object of her visit to the well, so engrossed was she with the new teaching, so amazed with his revelations; or perhaps, with womanly tact, left it that the disciples might, if they would, make use of it for their Master. Most commentators suggest that she left it, intending by the very act to come back again shortly for water. But this is scarcely the idea conveyed by ἀφῆκε. Archdeacon Watkius truly says that this notice "is a mark of the presence of him who has related the incidents." And she went her way to the city - probably beyond her home (see note, ver. 7), constituting herself at once the messenger and missionary of the new Teacher and Prophet, who had declared himself to be the Messiah - and saith to the men whom she found in the marketplace or highway, Come, see a man who told me all things that ever I did. This exaggeration of the self-revelation was due to the deep conviction of her mind that the Prophet had read her whole life - its weakness and its follies, and it may have been its sins and crimes, not unknown, alas! to others as well. Chrysostom says, "She might have said, 'Come and see One that prophesieth;' but when the soul is aflame with holy fire it looks then to nothing earthly, neither to glory nor to shame, but belongs to one thing alone, the flame which occupieth it." There is a touch of naivete, of loquacity, of impetuous womanhood, about this, that thrills with life. She was not afraid, in the first gush of her new-found joy, to brave the unflattering scorn of the men to whom such a confession was made; and then, in most natural and appropriate fashion, added, He is not however the Christ, is he? The question, by its form, suggests a negative answer; "but," Westcott says, "hope bursts through it (cf. Matthew 12:23)." She knows that he is the Christ, but she wishes the townspeople to guess it - to come to a like conclusion with herself.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

woman
γυνὴ (gynē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

left
Ἀφῆκεν (Aphēken)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.

her
αὐτῆς (autēs)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

water jar,
ὑδρίαν (hydrian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5201: A water pot, jar, pitcher. From hudor; a water-jar, i.e. Receptacle for family supply.

went back
ἀπῆλθεν (apēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.

into
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

town,
πόλιν (polin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

said to
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people,
ἀνθρώποις (anthrōpois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.


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