John 4:33

John 4:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
• New International Version (NIV)Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?”

Context of John 4:33

31While that was happening, the disciples said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, eat something.’ 32But he said to them, ‘I have food that I can eat. But you do not know about it.’ So the disciples asked each other, ‘Could someone have brought food to him?’ 34Jesus said to them, ‘My Father has sent me. I must do the things he wants me to do. I must finish the work that he has given to me to do. That is my food. 35You often say, “It is still four more months until the plants in the farmers' fields will be ready for the harvest.” But I say that you should open your eyes. Look at the fields. The plants are ready for the harvest now.

John 4:33 word by word

ἔλεγον οὖν οἱ μαθηταὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους· μή τις ἤνεγκεν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• the disciplesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• oneἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• Hathφέρωpherō̄ · to bear/leadG5342
• any manτιςtis · oneG5100
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• to eatφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315

Cross-references for John 4:33

• Matthew 16:6Jesus said to them, ‘Be careful! Do not accept the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.’
• Luke 9:45But they did not understand what Jesus had said. Its meaning was a secret to them, so they could not understand. But they were afraid to ask Jesus, ‘What do you mean?’

Commentaries on John 4:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33Hath any man brought him aught to eat? - Has he got food in any preternatural way? They could not help remembering the miraculous interventions of Divine providence in feeding Elijah by the ravens, at the brook Cherith, 1 Kings 17:4-6, and by the ministry of an angel, 1 Kings 19:5-8, and our Lord's preternatural repast in the wilderness, after his victory over Satan, Matthew 4:11.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Hath any man brought him … - This is one of the many instances in which the disciples were slow to understand the Saviour.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-42Verses 27-42 The disciples wondered that Christ talked thus with a Samaritan. Yet they knew it was for some good reason, and for some good end. Thus when particular difficulties occur in the word and providence of God, it is good to satisfy ourselves that all is well that Jesus Christ says and does. Two things affected the woman. The extent of his knowledge. Christ knows all the thoughts, words, and actions, of all the children of men. And the power of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-34While Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman, the disciples had gone to buy food (4:8). When they returned, they urged Jesus to eat. Jesus spoke with symbolic language, but they did not understand him (4:33). Later, when the disciples received the Holy Spirit, they understood what he meant (2:22). Jesus sustained himself spiritually by doing what his Father told him to do (see 5:30; 6:38; 7:18; 8:50; 9:4; 10:37–38; 12:49–50).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3831-38. meantime--that is, while the woman was away. Master, eat--Fatigue and thirst we saw He felt; here is revealed another of our common infirmities to which the Lord was subject--hunger.Read the comment

Topics related to John 4:33

• Apostles
• Converts
• Jesus, the Christ
• Samaria
• Shechem

In the dictionaries

• Dealing
• Ere
• God
• Hear
• Live
• Meat
• Messiah
• Samaritans
• Spirit
• Truth

Commentaries on John 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings