40When therefore the Samaritans came to him they asked him to abide with them, and he abode there two days.


In Context

37 For in this is verified the true saying, It is one who sows and another who reaps.

38 I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours.

39 But many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, He told me all things that I had ever done.

40 When therefore the Samaritans came to him they asked him to abide with them, and he abode there two days.

41 And more a great deal believed on account of his word;

42 and they said to the woman, It is no longer on account of thy saying that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

John 4:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:40So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:40So when the Samaritans were come to him, they desired that he would tarry there. And he abode there two days.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:40So when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them: and he abode there two days.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:40So when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them: and he abode there two days.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:40So when the Samaritans had come to him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:40So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:40When, then, the Samaritans came unto him, they were asking him to remain with them, and he remained there two days;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:40So when the Samaritans were come to him, they sought him that he would tarry with them: and he stayed there two days.