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All things that ever I did (panta ha epoiēsa).
Ha, not hosa (as many as), no “ever” in the Greek. But a guilty conscience (Joh 4:18.) led her to exaggerate a bit.
Can this be the Christ? (mēti houtos estin ho Christos). She is already convinced herself (Joh 4:26.), but she puts the question in a hesitant form to avoid arousing opposition. With a woman’s intuition she avoided ouk and uses mēti. She does not take sides, but piques their curiosity.