Go, call thy husband Not that the man was wanted, either as a concession to Jewish propriety, which forbad a Rabbi to talk with a woman alone, or for any other reason. By a seemingly casual request Christ lays hold of her inner life, convinces her of sin, and leads her to repentance, without which her request, -Give me this water," could not be granted. The husband who was no husband was the plague-spot where her healing must begin.

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