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John 4:26-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

26 Jesus said to her, “I am he,[a] the one who is speaking with you.”(A)

27 At that moment his disciples returned, and were amazed that he was talking with a woman,[b] but still no one said, “What are you looking for?” or “Why are you talking with her?” 28 The woman left her water jar and went into the town and said to the people,

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Footnotes

  1. 4:26 I am he: it could also be translated “I am,” an Old Testament self-designation of Yahweh (Is 43:3, etc.); cf. Jn 6:20; 8:24, 28, 58; 13:19; 18:5–6, 8. See note on Mk 6:50.
  2. 4:27 Talking with a woman: a religious and social restriction that Jesus is pictured treating as unimportant.
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