all things that ever I did How natural is this exaggeration! In her excitement she states not what He had really told her, but what she is convinced He could have told her. Comp. -all men" in John 3:26, and -no man" in John 3:32. This strong language is in all three cases thoroughly in keeping with the circumstances.

is not this the Christ? Rather, Is this, can this be, the Christ?A similar error occurs John 18:17; John 18:25. Although she believes it she thinks it almost too good to be true. Moreover she does not wish to seem too positive and dogmatic to those who do not yet know the evidence. The form of question is similar to that in John 4:33: both are put in a form that anticipates a negative answer; numnot nonne.

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