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Selected Verse: John 4:18 - Strong Concordance

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Joh 4:18 Strong Concordance For [1063] thou hast had [2192] five [4002] husbands [435]; and [2532] he whom [3739] thou [2192] now [3568] hast [2192] is [2076] not [3756] thy [4675] husband [435]: in that [5124] saidst thou [2046] truly [227].
  King James 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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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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. en the case.

Is not thy husband - You are not lawfully married to him. Either she might have left a former husband without divorce, and thus her marriage with this man was unlawful, or she was living with him without the form of marriage, in open guilt.
 
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26 Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto her [846], I [1473] that speak [2980] unto thee [4671] am [1510] he.
19 The woman [1135] saith [3004] unto him [846], Sir [2962], I perceive [2334] that [3754] thou [4771] art [1488] a prophet [4396].
39 And [1161] many [4183] of the Samaritans [4541] of [1537] that [1565] city [4172] believed [4100] on [1519] him [846] for [1223] the saying [3056] of the woman [1135], which testified [3140], [3754] He told [2036] me [3427] all [3956] that ever [3745] I did [4160].
40 So [3767] when [5613] the Samaritans [4541] were come [2064] unto [4314] him [846], they besought [2065] him [846] that he would tarry [3306] with [3844] them [846]: and [2532] he abode [3306] there [1563] two [1417] days [2250].
41 And [2532] many [4183] more [4119] believed [4100] because [1223] of his own [846] word [3056];
42 And [5037] said [3004] unto the woman [1135], [3754] Now [3765] we believe [4100], not [3754] because [1223] of thy [4674] saying [2981]: for [1063] we have heard [191] him ourselves [846], and [2532] know [1492] that [3754] this [3778] is [2076] indeed [230] the Christ [5547], the Saviour [4990] of the world [2889].
31 [1161] It hath been said [4483] [3754], Whosoever [3739] [302] shall put away [630] his [846] wife [1135], let him give [1325] her [846] a writing of divorcement [647]: