New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Corinthians 10:4
4and all 1drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was 2Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
- New International Version (NIV)and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
- New King James Version (NKJV)and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
Context of 1 Corinthians 10:4
2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3and all ate the same spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. 5Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness. 6Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved.
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καὶ πάντες τὸ αὐτὸ πνευματικὸν ἔπιον πόμα, ἔπινον γὰρ ἐκ πνευματικῆς ἀκολουθούσης πέτρας, ἡ πέτρα δὲ ἦν ὁ Χριστός·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 10:4
- Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Numbers 20:11Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank.
- Psalms 78:15He split the rocks in the wilderness And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.
- Psalms 105:41He opened the rock and water flowed out; It ran in the dry places like a river.
- Isaiah 43:20The beasts of the field will glorify Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My chosen people.
- Isaiah 48:21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock and the water gushed forth.
- John 4:10Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- John 7:37Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.
- Deuteronomy 9:21I took your sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.
- 1 Corinthians 11:24and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
- Genesis 40:12Then Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
- Genesis 41:26The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one and the same.
- Ezekiel 5:4Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.
- Daniel 2:38and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.
- Daniel 7:17‘These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Spiritual drink - By the spiritual meat, and , spiritual drink, the apostle certainly means both meat and drink, which were furnished to the Israelitish assembly miraculously, as well as typically: and he appears to borrow his expression from the Jews themselves, who expressly say רוחני הלז הלחם hallechem hallaz ruchani, that bread was spiritual, and היו רוחניים מיים meyim ruchainiyim haiu, the waters were spiritual. Alschech in legem. fol. 238, to which…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And did all drink the same spiritual drink - The idea here is essentially the same as in the previous verse, that they had been highly favored of God, and enjoyed tokens of the divine care and guardianship. That was manifested in the miraculous supply of water in the desert, thus showing that they were under the divine protection, and were objects of the divine favor. There can be no doubt that by “spiritual drink” here, the apostle refers to the water…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4the same spiritual food: God provided food and water supernaturally in the wilderness for the Israelites (see Exodus 16:4–35; 17:1–7; Numbers 20:2–17). The Corinthians faced a similar situation. the spiritual rock that accompanied them: refers to the rock Moses struck to get water (Exodus 17:1–7; Numbers 20:2–17). Early Jewish tradition believed both miracles involved the same traveling rock. that rock was Christ: Paul explains Israel's experience as a…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. drink--(Ex 17:6). In Nu 20:8, "the beasts" also are mentioned as having drunk. The literal water typified "spiritual drink," and is therefore so called. spiritual Rock that followed them--rather, "accompanied them." Not the literal rock (or its water) "followed" them, as Alford explains, as if Paul sanctioned the Jews' tradition (Rabbi Solomon on Nu 20:2) that the rock itself, or at least the stream from it, followed the Israelites from place to place…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10
- 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
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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