John 4:40

So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking ¹  him to stay with them. ²  He stayed there two days,

biblegateway Joh 4:40

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

biblegateway Joh 4:40

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

biblegateway Joh 4:40

When they came out to see him, they begged him to stay at their village. So he stayed for two days,

biblegateway Joh 4:40

They asked him to stay on, so Jesus stayed two days.

SABDAweb Joh 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.

bibleoremus Joh 4:40

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

biblegateway Joh 4:40

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

biblegateway Joh 4:40

So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking ¹  him to stay with them. ²  He stayed there two days,

¹ tn Following the arrival of the Samaritans, the imperfect verb has been translated as ingressive.

² tn Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the sequencing with the following verse, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.