<p>4:29 <i>Come, see a man who told me all things that I have ever done. Can this be the Christ?</i>- She tells the men with whom she had sinned (:28) that she has found a man who told her all about their sins. There were no secrets anymore; one man at least knew the entire story. And she believes she may well have found the Messiah. He let Himself be encouraged by her response to Him, even though her comment &ldquo;Could this be the Messiah?&rdquo; (Jn. 4:29) implies she was still uncertain. Raymond Brown has commented: &ldquo;The Greek question with <i>meti</i> implies an unlikelihood&rdquo; (<i>The Gospel According To John</i>, Vol. 1, p. 173). But we see throughout this incident how faith in Him as Messiah passes through stages- and of course John is appealing in his Gospel for others to likewise come to this faith to follow the path of this woman. She now understands Messiah as most importantly one who realizes our sins and can deal with them- rather than as some conquering hero. And this again was a necessary issue to emphasize in preaching in John's context.</p>