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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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:33

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 of the inhabitants of the city, or any man or woman, or this woman they had found him talking with: brought him ought to eat ? for they thought of nothing else but bodily food; just as when he cautioned them against the leaven of the Sadducees and Pharisees, they imagined he said it,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:34

Jesus saith unto them ,.... His disciples: my meat is to do the will of him that sent me . The Ethiopic version reads, "of my Father that sent me", and who is undoubtedly intended. Now as food is pleasant, and delightful, and refreshing to the body of man, so doing the will of God was as delightful and refreshing to the soul of Christ: he took as much pleasure in it, as an hungry man does in eating and drinking. One part of the will of God was to assume human nature; this he had done,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:35

Say not ye, there are yet four months ,.... Our Lord had been in Jerusalem and Judea, about eight months from the last passover, and there remained four more to the next passover: and then cometh harvest ? barley harvest, which began at that time. Now as the passover was in the middle of the month Nisan, which was about the latter end of our March; reckoning four months back from thence shows, that it was about the latter end of our November, or beginning of December, that Christ was in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:36

And he that reapeth receiveth wages ,.... Angels are sometimes called reapers, and so are ministers of the Gospel here. The works and ministry of the apostles are here expressed by "reaping": for as in reaping, when the corn is ripe, the sickle is put in, and the corn is cut down, and laid to the ground, and then bound in sheaves, and gathered into the barn; so when things are ripe in providence, and God's set time is come to convert any of his people, he makes use of his ministers for the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:37

And herein is that saying true ,.... This verifies that proverbial expression so much in use, and which may be applied to different persons and cases: one soweth, and another reapeth ; the prophets sowed, and the apostles reaped. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:38

I sent you to reap ,.... To preach the Gospel, and gather in souls by your ministry; referring to the mission of them in Matthew 10:6 ; that whereon ye bestowed no labour ; being sent to the Jews, who had the writings of the prophets, and were versed in them; and had learned from them that the Messiah was to come, and were now in general expectation of him; so that they had nothing more to do, than to declare to those persons who were cultivated by the prophets, and were like to ground... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:39

And many of the Samaritans of that city ,.... Of Sychar, which was a city of Samaria; believed on him ; that he was the true Messiah he had told the woman he was; and she put it to them whether he was or not: before they saw him, or had any conversation with him themselves, they believed in him; see John 20:29 ; for the saying of the woman which testified, he told me all that ever I did : the account she gave was so plain, and honest, and disinterested, that they could not but give... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:40

So when the Samaritans were come unto him ,.... The Ethiopic version reads, all the Samaritans; they came to him at Jacob's well, upon the woman's solicitations, and the account she gave of this extraordinary person: and after they had conversed with him, and heard him themselves, they were taken with his divine discourses, and being thoroughly persuaded that he was the Messiah, they besought him that he would tarry with them ; they were not like the Gergesenes, who besought him to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:41

And many more believed ,.... The Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions add, "on him": when he was come into the city, and had preached to the inhabitants in general, a larger multitude than before believed in him as the Messiah, and professed him, and became followers of him. Because of his own word ; which came to them, not in word only, but in power, and was the power of God unto salvation to them; and was received by them, not as the word of man, but as the word of God; and it... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:41

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