Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
John 4:33
Hath any man brought him ... - This is one of the many instances in which the disciples were slow to understand the Saviour.
Hath any man brought him ... - This is one of the many instances in which the disciples were slow to understand the Saviour.
Verse 33. _HATH 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...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. He Must Needs Pass Through Samaria. (John 4:1 .)_ 2. At Sychar's Well; Jesus and the Samaritan Woman. (John 4:6 .) 3. The Woman's Witness and the Believing Samaritans. (John 4:27 .)...
THE RETURN OF THE DISCIPLES. The disciples return with the food they have bought. They are surprised that Jesus is talking with a woman (_cf. Pirke Aboth,_ i. 5, Prolong not discourse with a woman). T...
HATH ANY MAN BROUGHT HIM OUGHT TO EAT? Their ideas were still as gross as those of the Samaritan woman, who at first could not comprehend the "living water." They cannot think of spiritual food, heav...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
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 someth...
TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104....
Doubt has been thrown on this narrative in three different ways. (1) On _a priori_grounds. How could the Samaritans, who rejected the prophetical books, and were such bitter enemies of the Jews, be ex...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
_Hath any man brought him_ The emphasis is on -brought." -Surely no one hath _brought_Him any thing to eat." Another instance of dulness as to spiritual meaning. In John 2:20 it was the Jews; in John...
ΠΡῸΣ�. Comp. John 4:27; John 16:17. They refrain from pressing Him with their difficulty. ἬΝΕΓΚΕΝ. Emphatic: ‘Surely no one hath _brought_ Him anything to eat.’ This would be specially unlikely among...
5–42. Doubt has been thrown on this narrative in four different ways. (1) On a _priori_ grounds. How could the Samaritans, who rejected the prophetical books, and were such bitter enemies of the Jews,...
THE WORK AMONG SAMARITANS The whole section is peculiar to S. John, and is evidently the narrative of an eyewitness: of the Synoptists S. Luke alone, the writer of ‘the Universal Gospel,’ mentions any...
VER 31. IN THE MEAN WHILE HIS DISCIPLES PRAYED HIM, SAYING, MASTER, EAT. 32. BUT HE SAID TO THEM, I HAVE MEAT TO EAT THAT YOU KNOW NOT OF. 33. THEREFORE SAID THE DISCIPLES ONE TO ANOTHER, HAS ANY MAN...
_THIS CAN BE THE CHRIST BECAUSE HE KNOWS ALL THINGS -- JOHN 4:27-38:_ Jesus knew all about this woman. He said to her, "Go, call thy husband, and come hither." (John 4:16) Her response was, "I have no...
ΆΛΛΉΛΟΥΣ _асс. pl. от_ ΑΛΛΉΛΩΝ (G240) друг друга, взаимное prop. ΜΉ (G3361) используется в вопросах, на которые ожидается отрицательный ответ, ΉΝΕΓΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΦΈΡΩ (G5342) нести, приноси...
IN THE MEAN WHILE HIS DISCIPLES PRAYED HIM,— While these things were doing, the disciples set the meat which they had bought, before their Master; but he regarded it not, though he then stood much in...
FIELDS WHITE UNTO HARVEST _Text 4:31-38_ 31 In the meanwhile the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat. 32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. 33 The disciples theref...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 4:31-42 We begin with the usual Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. In it we see:— "In the meanwhile His disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat...
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? THEREFORE SAID THE DISCIPLES ONE TO ANOTHER, HATH ANY MAN BROUGHT HIM [OUGHT] TO EAT?...
19 The ancient controversy between Jerusalem and Samaria was most bitter in connection with the proper place of worship. Of course Jerusalem was right and Samaria was wrong, for God had chosen the cit...
THE SAMARITAN WOMAN 1-42. Christ in Samaria. The ministry in Samaria is recorded because it is the author's design to exhibit Christ as the Saviour, not only of Israel, but of the world (John 4:42)....
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 4 JESUS TALKS TO A WOMAN IN *SAMARIA 4:1-26 V1 The *Pharisees heard that Jesus was *baptising more people than John the...
HATH ANY MAN BROUGHT HIM OUGHT TO EAT? — The question expects the negative answer, “Surely no one hath brought Him anything to eat?” The only person with Him is this Samaritan woman. Surely she has no...
CHAPTER 11 THE SECOND SIGN IN GALILEE. “In the mean while the disciples prayed Him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But He said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. The disciples therefore said one to...
THE REWARDS OF SERVICE John 4:27-38 As soon as Jesus opens the living spring within our hearts, we abandon our water pots. When we are saved, we must hasten with the tidings to those with whom we ha...
The words, "He must needs pass through Samaria" are arresting. The final explanation must be found in His dealing with the woman of Samaria. In itself, it is a radiant revelation of His method as He l...
CHAPTER 10 JESUS PREACHES TO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN John 4:1-41. _“When our Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John (indeed, Jesus himself did not...
“ _The disciples therefore said one to another: Has any one brought him anything to eat?_ 34. _Jesus says unto them: My meat is to do the will of my Father and to accomplish his work._ ” Μήτις introdu...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. XXI. The following points in John 4:27-38 may be noticed: 1. The impression produced upon the mind of the woman was that which came from the wonderful knowle...
SECOND SECTION: 4:1-42. JESUS IN SAMARIA. The first phase of the public ministry of Jesus is ended. Unbelief on the part of the masses, faith on the part of a few, public attention greatly aroused, su...
And he must needs go through Samaria. (5) Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (6) Now Jacob's well was there. J...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
And now Jesus, being driven away by the jealousy of the Jews, begins His ministry outside that people, while still acknowledging their true position in the dealings of God. He goes away into Galilee;...
THEREFORE SAID THE DISCIPLES ONE TO ANOTHER,.... Privately, among themselves, though in his hearing; at least he knew what they said by answer; HATH ANY MAN; or anyone, any angel from heaven, or any...
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him _ought_ to eat? Ver. 33. _Hath any man brought, &c._] "Are not these yet carnal, and talk as men?"1 Corinthians 3:3. How dull and...
_In the mean while_ Before the people came; _his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat_ They set the meat, which they had brought, before him, and requested him to partake of it, knowing how much...
THEREFORE SAID THE DISCIPLES ONE TO ANOTHER, HATH ANY MAN BROUGHT HIM AUGHT TO EAT?...
The harvest in the kingdom of God:...
A SAMARITAN WOMAN GIVEN THE WATER OF LIFE (vs.1-26) The Lord now leaves Judea because He knew the Pharisees' thoughts as to His baptizing more disciples than John. Not that the Lord Himself did the...
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 provid...
His disciples, being yet carnal, did not understand him, but thought that he had spoken of bodily nourishment. See the like instances, MATTHEW 2:7; MATTHEW 16:13. They were wondering how he came by me...
John 4:33 Therefore G3767 disciples G3101 said G3004 (G5707) another G4314 G240 Has G5342 anyone G3387 brought...
‘Meanwhile the disciples begged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But he said to them, “I have meat to eat that you do not know about.” The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has any man brought him a...
THE SAMARITAN WOMAN (JOHN 4:4). In this story of the Samaritan woman in John 4:4 Jesus depicts Himself as the Gift of God Who can give men living water (John 4:10), and can thus give men a spring of w...
John 4:33. THEREFORE SAID THE DISCIPLES ONE TO ANOTHER, HATH ANY MAN BROUGHT HIM OUGHT TO EAT? Their perplexity is like that of the woman of Samaria in regard to the living water (John 4:11)....
The general object aimed at in the relation of the story of Nicodemus in chap. 3 is pursued in the account given us in this section of the interview of Jesus, first with the Samaritan woman, and then...
HATH ANY MAN BROUGHT HIM AUGHT TO EAT? (Μη τις ηνεγκεν αυτω φαγειν;). Negative answer expected (μη). "Did any one bring him (something) to eat?" During our absence, they mean. Second aorist active...
John 4:1. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea, and de...
John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples), he left Judaea, and d...
John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea, and d...
John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples), he left Judaea, and d...
CONTENTS: Jesus and the Samaritan woman. The indwelling Spirit. The nobleman's son healed. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Pharisees, Jacob, Joseph, woman of Samaria, her husband, n...
John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the pharisees,_ chiefly priests, and many of them principal members of the council, _had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John._ The p...
COULD SOMEONE HAVE BROUGHT HIM FOOD? They cannot think of the spiritual food, the bread of life. Long before, Isaiah had spoken about this food and said: "Come, buy, and eat! Come, buy without money a...
_And upon this_ SOWING AND REAPING I. WITH A SOLITARY PUPIL. 1. Face-to-face work (John 4:27, John 1:42, John 21:16; Acts 3:4;...
_When therefore the Lord knew_ THE FIRST VISIT TO SAMARIA I. THE STORY ITSELF. 1. The memorable halt (John 4:1). 2. The surprising request (John 4:7). 3. The opened vista (John 4:10). 4.
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 4:32 FOOD TO EAT. See Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4;...
1-54 CHAPTER 4 _When therefore Jesus knew_, &c.... _than John_, that is, than John _had_ made and baptized, says S. Augustine (lib. 2 _, de cons. Evang., c._ 18), for John was now in prison. For thes...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 4:27. MARVELLED.—The disciples evidently thought that Jesus would conduct Himself outwardly as did the Jewish rabbis. Those teachers said: “Do not prolong conver...
EXPOSITION JOHN 4:1 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 specime...
Now when the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized none, but his disciples,) (John 4:1) Now this can mean one of t...
Luke 9:45; Matthew 16:6...
Said [ε λ ε γ ο ν]. Imperfect tense : began to say, or were saying. The question was discussed among them. One to another. Fearing to ask Jesus....
MISSIONS IN THE GOSPELS John 4:28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fourth chapter of John contains one of the most marvelous stories of the Word of God. It is beyond doubt a revelation of the heart of God to...