John 4:32 NKJV,NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 4:27-42

We have here the remainder of the story of what happened when Christ was in Samaria, after the long conference he had with the woman. I. The interruption given to this discourse by the disciples? coming. It is probable that much more was said than is recorded; but just when the discourse was brought to a head, when Christ had made himself known to her as the true Messiah, then came the disciples. The daughters of Jerusalem shall not stir up nor awake my love till he please. 1. They wondered at... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 4:31-34

4:31-34 Meanwhile his disciples asked him: "Rabbi! Eat something! have food," he said to them, "of which you do not know." "Surely," his disciples kept saying to each other, "someone can't have given him something to eat?" "My food," said Jesus to them, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work." This passage follows the normal pattern of the conversations of the Fourth Gospel. Jesus says something which is misunderstood. He says something which has a spiritual... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:32

But he said unto them ,.... That is, "Jesus", as the Persic, or the Lord Jesus, as the Ethiopic versions express it: I have meat to eat that ye know not of : meaning the conversion of the Samaritan woman, and of other Samaritans, who were flocking in great numbers to him, which he knew, though his disciples did not; and the harvest of souls he had a prospect of, see John 4:35 , was as meat unto him, delightful and refreshing; and his mind and thoughts were so taken up with these... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:32

I have meat to eat that ye know not of - Our blessed Lord seizes every opportunity to raise the minds of his apostles to heavenly things, through the medium of earthly matters. Nor does he force these things into such service. Properly understood, earthly substances are the types, representatives, and shadows of heavenly things. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:32

Verse 32 32.I have food to eat which you know not. It is wonderful that, when he is fatigued and hungry, he refuses to eat; for if it be said that he does this for the purpose of instructing us, by his example, to endure hunger, why then did he not do so always? But he had another object than to say that we ought simply to refuse food; for we must attend to this circumstance, that his anxiety about the present business urges him so strongly, and absorbs his whole mind, so that it gives him no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:1-42

7. The ministry and revelation of the Lord to those beyond the strict compass of the theocracy. This passage describes an incident of consummate interest, and records a specimen of our Lord's intercourse with individuals, and the reaction of that instruction upon the disciples. The event is a solitary chink through which the light of historical fact falls upon an otherwise darkened and unknown period of the Saviour's life. When we skirt a forest we see at intervals, where by some... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:27-38

(3) Revelation and misunderstanding involved in the conduct of the disciples. The next paragraph records the effects of this conversation upon the disciples, upon the woman herself, and upon her friends. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:31-34

The physical and spiritual food of man. Notice— I. THE FOOD OF THE BODY . "Master, eat." 1 . The body must have food. It is true that "man doth not live by bread alone," but it is quite as true that he cannot live without bread. Man's physical nature requires suitable physical support. If we wish to live, we must eat—eat to live, but. not live to eat. 2 . The body must have food at stated times. "In due season." There is physical waste, there is a continual... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:31-38

Jesus and his disciples. The surprise of the disciples at our Lord's talking with the woman at the well did not break forth into question; they rather resolved to bide their time for an explanation. I. THE SPIRITUAL MEAT OF THE SON OF GOD . "My meat is to do the will of my Father, and to finish his work." 1 . The disciples were naturally anxious to supply his bodily wants ; for they knew that he was both hungry and thirsty. 2 . The interview with the woman... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:32

But he saith to them, I have food to eat that ye know not; of which you are ignorant, but which you may come to know by and by. βρῶσιν and βρῶμα are both used. The first denotes, strictly speaking, the act of eating; and the second the material for food; but they are, in Greek literature, generally used almost interchangeably. There were Divine desires and sacred satisfactions which discriminated the Lord's consciousness from that of his disciples. Thoma refers to the mighty fasts of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 4:27-42

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 4:31-34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:32

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:32

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:1-42

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:27-38

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:31-34

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:31-38

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:32

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