John 4:30

John 4:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They went out of the town and were coming to him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they went out of the city and came to Him.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So the people came streaming from the village to see him.

Context of John 4:30

28Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” They came out of the town and made their way toward him. 31Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” 32But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

John 4:30 word by word

ἐξῆλθον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἤρχοντο πρὸς αὐτόν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• they went outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the cityὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for John 4:30

• Isaiah 60:8“Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests?
• Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem
• Matthew 8:11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 11:20Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
• Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• Matthew 20:16“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
• Luke 17:16He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
• Acts 8:5Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there.
• Acts 10:33So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”
• Acts 13:42As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath.
• Acts 28:28“Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
• Romans 5:20The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

Commentaries on John 4:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30They went out of the city - Such effect had the simple testimony of the woman on their minds. And came unto him - Or, Were coming to him; for they did not reach him immediately; all that discourse between him and his disciples, mentioned John 4:31-39, inclusive, having taken place before the people of Sychar got to the well. See John 4:40.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30They went out of the city - The men of the city left it and went to Jesus, to hear and examine for themselves.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. 27-30The woman was not fully certain about who Jesus was (4:29). She asked the people of her village, “Could this be the Christ?” Her words show that she was still thinking and learning. Even so, she ran back to the village and told others about him. She invited them to come and see for themselves. Telling others about Jesus is a sign of discipleship. Earlier in this Gospel, others also invited people to “come and see”(see 1:39, 46).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3028-30. left her water-pot--How exquisitely natural! The presence of strangers made her feel that it was time for her to withdraw, and He who knew what was in her heart, and what she was going to the city to do, let her go without exchanging a word with her in the hearing of others. Their interview was too sacred, and the effect on the woman too overpowering (not to speak of His own deep emotion) to allow of its being continued. But this one artless…Read the comment

Topics related to John 4:30

• Converts
• Jacob
• Jesus, the Christ
• Samaria
• Shechem
• Testimony

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