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John Chapter 4 verse 40 Holy Bible

ASV John 4:40

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

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.
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DARBY John 4:40

When therefore the Samaritans came to him they asked him to abide with them, and he abode there two days.
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KJV John 4:40

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

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WEB John 4:40

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

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.