John 4:18

“For thou hast had five husbands, etc.] 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 is said to have had seven husbands successively, in a lawful manner, (<402225>Matthew 22:25-28). Or rather, she had had so many, and had been divorced from everyone of them, for adultery; for no other cause it should seem did the Samaritans divorce; seeing that they only received the law of Moses, and rejected, at least, many of the traditions of the elders; and since they are particularly said f189 “not to be expert in the law of marriages and divorces:” and the rather this may seem to be…”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Thou hast had five husbands - Whether they were all dead or not, her own conscience now awakened would tell her. John 4:19”

“is not: Gen 20:3, Gen 34:2, Gen 34:7, Gen 34:8, Gen 34:31; Num 5:29; Rut 4:10; Jer 3:20; Eze 16:32; Mar 10:12; Rom 7:3; Co1 7:10, Co1 7:11; Heb 13:4 John 4:19”