Joh 4:16 | NET2full | STEP | He said to her , “ Go call your husband and come back here .”

John 4:16

16 He ^{▼▼tc Most witnesses have “Jesus” here, either with the article (אc C2 D L Ws Ψ 086 Maj lat) or without (א* A Θ ƒ1,13 al), while several significant and early witnesses lack the name (P66,75 B C* 33vid). It is unlikely that scribes would have deliberately expunged the name of Jesus from the text here, especially since it aids the reader with the flow of the dialogue. Further, that the name occurs both anarthrously and with the article suggests that it was a later addition. (For similar arguments, see the tc note on “woman” in 4:11).} said to her, “Go call your husband and come back here.” ^{▼▼tn Grk “come here” (“back” is implied).}