John 4:40
So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
John 4:40 in other translations
| BSB | So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days. |
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| WEB | So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days. |
| ASV | So when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them: and he abode there two days. |
| YLT | When, then, the Samaritans came unto him, they were asking him to remain with them, and he remained there two days; |
| DARBY | When therefore the Samaritans came to him they asked him to abide with them, and he abode there two days. |
| BBE | So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days. |
| Webster | So when the Samaritans had come to him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. |
What does John 4:40 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 4:39-42
39-42. many ... believed, &c.--The truth of Joh 4:35 begins to appear. These Samaritans were the foundation of the Church afterwards built up there. No miracle appears to have been wrought there (but unparalleled supernatural knowledge displayed): "we have heard Him ourselves" (Joh 4:42) sufficed to raise their faith to a point never attained by the Jews, and hardly as yet by the disciples--that He was "the Saviour…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 4:27-42
The disciples wondered that Christ talked thus with a Samaritan. Yet they knew it was for some good reason, and for some good end. Thus when particular difficulties occur in the word and providence of God, it is good to satisfy ourselves that all is well that Jesus Christ says and does. Two things affected the woman. The extent of his knowledge. Christ knows all the thoughts, words, and actions, of all the children…
John 4:40 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 4:40
- Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
- Luke 24:29
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
- 2 Corinthians 6:1-2
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
- Acts 16:15
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
- Luke 8:38
Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
- Luke 19:5-10
And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. …
- Genesis 32:26
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
- Jeremiah 14:8
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
- Proverbs 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
- Song of Solomon 3:4
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
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Context
- John 4:39
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
- John 4:40
So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
- John 4:41
And many more believed because of his own word;
John 4:40 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Viniendo pues los Samaritanos á él, rogáronle que se quedase allí: y se quedó allí dos días. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand donc les Samaritains furent venus vers lui, ils le priaient de demeurer avec eux; et il demeura là deux jours. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als nun die Samariter zu ihm kamen, baten sie ihn, bei ihnen zu bleiben; und er blieb daselbst zwei Tage. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum venissent ergo ad illum Samaritani, rogaverunt eum ut ibi maneret. Et mansit ibi duos dies. |