"One of those twists in the conversation came when Jesus asked the woman
about her husband — she’d had five husbands and was currently living
with a man she wasn’t married to.
“Go, call your husband and come back.”
He told her,
“I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.” John 4:16-18 (NIV).
It’s easy to assume that Jesus was calling her out for her sin or
demonstrating that He knew a lot about her, and both of those
interpretations are valid.
Because this strange man sitting by the well knew things about her
grief-filled life that no one could have possibly guessed, [the woman at
the well] finally recognized that He was no mere man — He was a
prophet. (Later she realizes that he is much more than a prophet; He is
the Messiah.)."
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