John 4:40
New International Version
So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days.

New Living Translation
When they came out to see him, they begged him to stay in their village. So he stayed for two days,

English Standard Version
So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.

Berean Standard Bible
So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore when the Samaritans came to Him, they were asking Him to abide with them, and He stayed there two days.

King James Bible
So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

New King James Version
So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

New American Standard Bible
So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

NASB 1995
So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

NASB 1977
So when the Samaritans came to Him, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

Legacy Standard Bible
So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

Amplified Bible
So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked Him to remain with them; and He stayed there two days.

Christian Standard Bible
So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed there two days.

American Standard Version
So when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them: and he abode there two days.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when those Samaritans came to him, they requested of him that he would stay with them, and he was with them for two days.

Contemporary English Version
They came and asked him to stay in their town, and he stayed on for two days.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So when the Samaritans were come to him, they desired that he would tarry there. And he abode there two days.

English Revised Version
So when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them: and he abode there two days.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So when the Samaritans went to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them. He stayed in Samaria for two days.

Good News Translation
So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them, and Jesus stayed there two days.

International Standard Version
So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there for two days.

Literal Standard Version
When, then, the Samaritans came to Him, they were asking Him to remain with them, and He remained there two days;

Majority Standard Bible
So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

New American Bible
When the Samaritans came to him, they invited him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days.

NET Bible
So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. He stayed there two days,

New Revised Standard Version
So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days.

New Heart English Bible
So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.

Webster's Bible Translation
So when the Samaritans had come to him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

Weymouth New Testament
When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

World English Bible
So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.

Young's Literal Translation
When, then, the Samaritans came unto him, they were asking him to remain with them, and he remained there two days;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Many Samaritans Believe
39Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” 40So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days. 41And many more believed because of His message.…

Cross References
John 4:39
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."

John 4:41
And many more believed because of His message.

John 4:43
After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

Acts 8:8
So there was great joy in that city.


Treasury of Scripture

So when the Samaritans were come to him, they sought him that he would tarry with them: and he stayed there two days.

they.

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.

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.

he abode.

Luke 19:5-10
And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house…

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…

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.

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John 4
1. Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria, and reveals his identity to her.
27. His disciples marvel.
31. He declares to them his zeal for God's glory.
39. Many Samaritans believe on him.
43. He departs into Galilee, and heals the ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum.














(40) When the Samaritans were come.--The next step in their faith is to go to Him and ask Him to remain with them, that they too may learn from Him; and He, a Jew, accepts the hospitality of Samaria, and abides with them for two days.

Verse 40. - They were already convinced; but they did more - they came to him. So when the Samaritans came to him; they continued asking him - they persistently prayed that he would abide with them. How unlike the treatment of Jews and Gadarenes, of scribes and Pharisees! There were some who besought him to depart from them, others who stoned him, Herodians and Pharisees who plotted to destroy him. But these hated Samaritans yearned for more of his fellowship, more of his words and searching glance, more of the Word of life. So called heresy and heterodoxy may sometimes show itself more susceptible to the mind and Spirit of Christ than a bigoted and self-satisfied orthodoxy. The Lord responded to the request, and he abode there two days. Why should a biographer of the second century have limited this visit to "two days," when it is obvious that he passes over months in silence? It would have been as easy to say "two months" as to say "two days," and, to ordinary human judgment, more natural. These "two days" left an ineffaceable memory on the heart of one at least of these disciples, and the mention of it has upon the face of it the mark of historicity.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
So
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

when
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Samaritans
Σαμαρῖται (Samaritai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4541: A Samaritan. From Samareia; a Samarite, i.e. Inhabitant of Samaria.

came
ἦλθον (ēlthon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

Him,
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

they asked
ἠρώτων (ērōtōn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2065: Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.

Him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to stay
μεῖναι (meinai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.

with
παρ’ (par’)
Preposition
Strong's 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.

them,
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

He stayed
ἔμεινεν (emeinen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.

two
δύο (dyo)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.

days.
ἡμέρας (hēmeras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.


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