²⁵ The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming.” (Messiah is the One called Christ [^Cboth Hebrew Mashiach and Greek Christos mean “Anointed One”; see 1:41].) “When ·the Messiah [^Lthat one] comes, he will ·explain [report; announce] everything to us.”

²⁶ Then Jesus said to her, “I am he—I, the one talking to you.”

²⁷ Just then his ·followers [disciples] came back from town and were surprised to see him talking with a woman [^Csome Jews thought it a waste of time for rabbis to teach women]. But none of them asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”