69 The term ἄνθρωποι (anthrōpoi) used here can mean either “people” (when used generically) or “men” (though there is a more specific term in Greek for adult males, ανήρ [anēr]). Thus the woman could have been speaking either (1) to all the people or (2) to the male leaders of the city as their representatives. However, most recent English translations regard the former as more likely and render the word “people” here.

In other versions

So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,

Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,

Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the people,

The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone,

So the woman left her water jar and went away into the town and said to the people,

The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

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