John 4:28,29

“ The woman therefore left her water-pot and went away into the city and says to the men: 29. Come, see a man who hath told me all the things that I have done; can this be the Christ? ”

Therefore: following upon the declaration of John 4:26, she does not speak, she acts, as one does when the heart is profoundly moved. She leaves her water-pot: this circumstance, apparently insignificant, is not without importance. It is the pledge of her early return, the proof that she goes to seek her husband and those whom she will find. She constitutes herself thereby a messenger, and, as it were, a missionary of Jesus. What a contrast between the vivacity of this conduct and the silent and meditative departure of Nicodemus! And what truth in the least details of this narrative! Τοῖς ἀνθρώποις (to the men), to the first persons whom she met in the public square.

There is great simplicity in the expression: All the things which I have done. She does not fear to awaken by this expression recollections which are by no means flattering to herself. She formulates her question in a way which seems to anticipate a negative answer (μήτι, not however?). “This is not, however, the Christ, is it?” She believes more than she says, but she does not venture to set forth, even as probable, so great a piece of news. What can be more natural than this little touch.