For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
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Gill's Exposition
For thou hast had five husbands,.... Which she either had had lawfully, and had buried one after another; and which was no crime, and might be: the Sadducees propose a case to Christ, in which a woman…
Barnes' Notes
Hast had five husbands - Who have either died; or who, on account of your improper conduct, have divorced you; or whom you have left improperly, without legal divorce. Either of these might have be.…
Adam Clarke
Thou hast had five husbands - It is not clear that this woman was a prostitute: she might have been legally married to those five, and might have been divorced through some misbehavior of her own, not…
We have here an account of the good Christ did in Samaria, when he passed through that country in his way to Galilee. The Samaritans, both in blood and religion, were mongrel Jews, the posterity of…
Cambridge Bible
five husbands To be understood quite literally. They were either dead or divorced, and she was now living with a man without being married to him.
in that saidst thou truly Better, this (one thing)…
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