John 4 · Verse 25

John 4:25

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

John 4:25, King James Version

John 4:25 in other translations

BSB	The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
WEB	The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”
ASV	The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh (he that is called Christ): when he is come, he will declare unto us all things.
YLT	The woman saith to him, ‘I have known that Messiah doth come, who is called Christ, when that one may come, he will tell us all things;'
DARBY	The woman says to him, I know that Messias is coming, who is called Christ; when he comes he will tell us all things.
BBE	The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.
Webster	The woman saith to him, I know that Messiah cometh, who is called Christ; when he is come, he will tell us all things.

What does John 4:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 4:25-26

25-26. I know Messias cometh ... when He is come, &c.--If we take our Lord's immediate disclosure of Himself, in answer to this, as the proper key to its meaning to His ear, we can hardly doubt that the woman was already all but prepared for even this startling announcement, which indeed she seems (from Joh 4:29) to have already begun to suspect by His revealing her to herself. Thus quickly, under so matchless a Teacher, was she brought up from her sunken condition to a frame of mind and heart capable of the noblest revelations. tell us all things--an expectation founded probably on De 18:15.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes

Verse 25. I know that Messias cometh. As the Samaritans acknowledged the five books of Moses, so they expected, also, the coming of the Messiah.

Which is called Christ. These are probably the words of the evangelist, as it is not likely that the woman would explain the name on such an occasion.

Will tell us all things. Jesus had decided the question proposed to him (Jn 4:20) in favour of the Jews. The woman does not seem to have been satisfied with this answer, and said that the Messiah would tell them all about this question. Probably she was expecting that he would soon appear.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 25 I know that Messias cometh - Instead of οιδα I know, several excellent MSS. and versions read, οιδαμεν, we know; as if she had said that all the Samaritans expected the advent of the Messiah. Though they did not receive the prophetic writings, yet the tradition of the advent of the Messiah, which was common among the Jews, and founded on promises contained even in the books of Moses, was generally received among the Samaritans also. Which is called Christ - This appears to be the evangelist's explanation of the Hebrew word, according to his custom; Joh 1:38, Joh 1:41, Joh 1:42; Joh 9:7, etc.; for we cannot suppose that the woman understood Greek, so as to translate the Hebrew word to our word; or that she should suppose that a person who was a Jew, Joh 4:9, and a prophet, Joh 4:19, could stand in need of this interpretation. He will tell us all things - Relative to the nature of God, the nature of his worship, and the proper place to adore him in. In a word, he will settle the great national question between Gerizim and Ebal; and we shall then know certainly where we ought to worship.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 4:4-26

There was great hatred between the Samaritans and the Jews. Christ's road from Judea to Galilee lay through Samaria. We should not go into places of temptation but when we needs must; and then must not dwell in them, but hasten through them. We have here our Lord Jesus under the common fatigue of travellers. Thus we see that he was truly a man. Toil came in with sin; therefore Christ, having made himself a curse for…

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John 4:25 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΛέγειLegeiSaysG3004

αὐτῷautōto HimG846

ἡhētheG3588

γυνή·gunēwoman;G1135

οἶδαoidaI know

ὅτιhotithatG3754

ΜεσσίαςMessiasMessiahG3323

ἔρχεται,erchetaiis coming,G2064

ὁhowhoG3588

λεγόμενοςlegomenosis calledG3004

χριστός,christosChrist,G5547

ὅτανhotanwhenG3752

ἔλθῃelthēmay comeG2064

ἐκεῖνος,ekeinosHe,G1565

ἀναγγελεῖanangeleiHe will tellG312

ἡμῖνhēminusG3165

ἅπαντα.hapantaall things.G537

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 4:25

John 1:49
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
Daniel 9:24-26
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
John 4:29
Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
John 4:42
And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Matthew 1:16
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
John 1:41-42
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
Deuteronomy 18:15-18
The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Messias.
42; 1:41,42,49; Da 9:24-26
when.
29,39; De 18:15-18

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Context

John 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 4:25
The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
John 4:26
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

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John 4:25 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Dícele la mujer: Sé que el Mesías ha de venir, el cual se dice el Cristo: cuando él viniere nos declarará todas las cosas.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	La femme lui dit: Je sais que le Messie qui est appelé le Christ, vient; quand celui-là sera venu, il nous fera connaître toutes choses.
German Elberfelder 1871	Das Weib spricht zu ihm: Ich weiß, daß der Messias kommt, welcher Christus genannt wird; wenn jener kommt, wird er uns alles verkündigen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Dicit ei mulier: Scio quia Messias venit (qui dicitur Christus): cum ergo venerit ille, nobis annuntiabit omnia.