John 4:34-35 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:27-38

(3) Revelation and misunderstanding involved in the conduct of the disciples. The next paragraph records the effects of this conversation upon the disciples, upon the woman herself, and upon her friends. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:31-34

The physical and spiritual food of man. Notice— I. THE FOOD OF THE BODY . "Master, eat." 1 . The body must have food. It is true that "man doth not live by bread alone," but it is quite as true that he cannot live without bread. Man's physical nature requires suitable physical support. If we wish to live, we must eat—eat to live, but. not live to eat. 2 . The body must have food at stated times. "In due season." There is physical waste, there is a continual... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:31-38

Jesus and his disciples. The surprise of the disciples at our Lord's talking with the woman at the well did not break forth into question; they rather resolved to bide their time for an explanation. I. THE SPIRITUAL MEAT OF THE SON OF GOD . "My meat is to do the will of my Father, and to finish his work." 1 . The disciples were naturally anxious to supply his bodily wants ; for they knew that he was both hungry and thirsty. 2 . The interview with the woman... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:34

Jesus said to them, My food— that which satisfies my strongest desire, and quenches all other desire— is that I may do continuously £ the will of him that sent me on my mission to this people and to this world. "Lo, I come to do thy will, O God," was the motto and burden of his life. "Not my will, but thine," was the sacrificial cry which redeemed the world. To teach man to do the will of the Father is the motive which sustained him, and the prayer he put upon human lips was, "Thy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:34

Spiritual work and spiritual food. The incident in our Saviour's ministry recorded in this narrative pictures him as possessed and engrossed by the very purest devotion to the great ends of his ministry. He had been thirsty; but he had lost all thought of bodily thirst in his absorbing interest in the living water and in the satisfaction of spiritual aspirations. He was in need of food; yet when his disciples brought him food from the city he was indifferent to it, for he had meat to eat... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:34

The purpose of Jesus in eating. I. THE RESOURCES OF JESUS . The disciples had left their Master by the well, wearied, hungry, and thirsty, while they went to the city near by to get some food; certainly they would stay no longer than they could help, seeing Jews had no dealings with Samaritans. Returning to Jesus, they are astonished to find a change in his appearance . He looks fresh and satisfied. Jesus had ways for recruiting bodily strength and receiving bodily nourishment,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:35

Say not ye —has not your talk with one another been, as you have passed through the springing corn, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? This cannot be a proverbial expression for the time which elapses between sowing and harvest, as some (Lucke and Tholuck) have supposed, because, firstly, there is no mention of sowing at all; and secondly, because six months was the customary period between seed time and ingathering; and also because the "say not ye?" would then... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:35

If this be the meaning, then, in the following verse, the whole conception of their relation to the past and dependence upon it is singled out for additional comment. I have sent you, and am now sending you, to reap that whereon ye have not toiled to weariness . The idea of sowing ( σπείρειν ) is now expanded to ( κοπιᾶν ) exhausting toil; i.e. to all the laborious preparation of the soil for the seed, clearing of the forest, and ploughing on the rocky places, the cultivation of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:35-38

The Christian harvest. Notice— I. ITS NATURE . It is spiritual. "Lift up your eyes," etc. To see the temporal harvest you look down and around, but to see this you must look up; it is in the spiritual region, and concerns the spiritual nature and interest of man. It is the harvest of souls—the harvest of Jesus' soul. It is spiritual in its processes, its sphere, its aim, and its results. It means the spiritual quickening, the germination, the growth, the cultivation and ripening of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:35-38

The two harvests. I. A SEARCHING LOOK INTO THE PAST . There can be little doubt that, when Jesus said the fields were white already to harvest, he meant his disciples to consider the company of Samaritans eagerly coming out of the city towards them. Why were they coming? Jesus knew that the coming was not sufficiently explained by saying that the woman's report had stirred up the curiosity of the people in the city. Jesus rejoiced in the fresh proof he had got of how people... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:27-38

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:31-34

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:31-38

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:34

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:34

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:34

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:35

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:35

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:35-38

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:35-38

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