She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
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Gill's Exposition
And when she had so said,.... Had expressed her faith in Christ in such terms, as the apostles themselves did, Mat 16:16 Joh 1:49.
She went her way; from Christ, being ordered by him to go to her…
Barnes' Notes
Yea, Lord - This was a noble confession. It showed her full confidence in him as the Messiah, and her full belief that all that he said was true. See Mat 16:16.
Adam Clarke
Yea, Lord: I believe - ΠεπιϚευκα, I have believed. Either meaning that she had believed this for some time past, or that, since he began to teach her, her faith had been considerable increased; but…
The matter being determined, that Christ will go to Judea, and his disciples with him, they address themselves to their journey; in this journey some circumstances happened which the other evangelists…
Cambridge Bible
I believe Literally, I have believed, i.e. I have convinced myself and do believe.
that thou art the Christ She cannot have known the full import of her confession. With the Apostles she shared her…
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