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Go, call thy husband, and come hither. (John 4:16)

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Announcements › Forums › Mortals and Immortals — May 15th, 2022 › Go, call thy husband, and come hither. (John 4:16)

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  • May 14, 2022 at 2:03 am #14757
    AMB
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    In trying to better understand the conversation between Jesus and the woman of Samaria, I liked this part of the Commentary from the ‘Cambridge Bible for Schools and colleges’, enlarging on why Jesus asked the woman to ‘call [her] husband and come hither.’

    “[Go, call thy husband]- Not that the man was wanted, either as a concession to Jewish propriety, which forbad a Rabbi to talk with a woman alone, or for any other reason. By a seemingly casual request Christ lays hold of her inner life, convinces her of sin, and leads her to repentance, without which her request, ‘Give me this water,’ could not be granted. The husband who was no husband was the plague-spot where her healing must begin.”

    May 14, 2022 at 11:14 pm #14760
    Cristina
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    I was also wondering why Jesus asked the woman to call her husband. Thank you, AMB, for this interesting explanation.

    And thanks the lesson writer for this beautiful and inspired lesson.

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