This verse introduces a new aspect into the dialogue between Jesus and the Samaritan woman. Verse 15 indicates that the woman still does not understand what Jesus is talking about, and so, beginning in this verse, Jesus takes a different approach.

And come back must be made more specific in some receptor languages, for example, “and come back with him” or “bring him back with you.” It is obviously implied that the woman should get her husband and return with him to talk further with Jesus.

The term husband is sometimes translated by such a phrase as “your man,” but usually there is more specific expressions to designate the male partner in the marital relation. It can, of course, be expressed as “the man to whom you are married.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on the Gospel of John. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1980. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .