“I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband.
Her reply is very curt and rather deceitful. Plummer points out that, “in the fewest possible words she tries to stop a dangerous subject at once.” (qt’d in Morris p. 264)
“You are right when you say” is rendered by Peterson’s paraphrase (The Message) in this manner: “That’s nicely put, ‘I have no husband.’” Her answer is honest and yet deceitful at the same time.