The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat?In a Samaritan village, there was indeed slight likelihood that anyone might have brought food to Jesus; but the disciples were struggling with a literal understanding of Jesus' words, and the possible solution they suggested was as good as any. Jesus helped them to understand. read more
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.Jesus had not, as yet, received any food at all; but the amazing responsiveness of the woman at the well had triggered an opportunity to convert a whole city, moving at that very moment upon the Lord and his disciples; and the satisfaction of his physical hunger would have to wait, despite the Master's weariness. read more
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest.Yet four months ... Westcott noted that the "harvest began about the middle of April and lasted until the end of May."[6] This would make the date of this episode to lie somewhere between the middle of December and the last of January; another piece of evidence favoring noon as the time of day in this narrative. In either... read more
He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.These words were spoken by the Lord during the interval before the arrival of the multitude. This is an extension of the metaphor of the harvest, there never being a harvest without a sowing and reaping. The great reward is the gathering of fruit unto life eternal, in the joy of which both sowers and reapers shall rejoice together.He that reapeth receiveth wages ... It... read more
For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.This metaphor of the harvest was also used by Paul who extended it to cover the interval between sowing and reaping, thus, "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase" (1 Corinthians 3:6). In Paul's usage of the metaphor, the gospel preacher is the one who plants, and the one who waters; and he added, "So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase." read more
I sent ye to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.This was a stern reminder to the apostles that the great ingathering they were about to see was in no sense the result of their own efforts and abilities, and that they were to consider themselves instruments of God in reaping the fruit of the labors of others, in this case, the labor of the Master himself, and of the woman. This was the viewpoint expressed by Paul, as cited above. So... read more
John 4:23. But the hour cometh,— The thing you are chiefly concerned to know is, that a dispensation of religion is now beginning, under which all languages, countries, and places being sanctified, men are to worship God, not in Jerusalem, but in spirit; by offering the sacrifice, not of beasts, but of themselves; to love and obey him in all things, which is the truth of worship; thething signified by every sacrifice and service enjoined in the law, and whatalone was acceptable to the Father,... read more
John 4:24. God is a Spirit, &c.— As a further answer to the woman's question, our great Teacher delivered a doctrine which may justly be called his own, as it exhibits an idea of the Supreme Being, and of the worship due to him, far more sublime than the best things which the philosophers have said on that subject. God is a Spirit, &c. "God is the supreme mind or intelligence, who by one act sees the thoughts of all other intelligences, and therefore may be worshipped in every place.... read more
John 4:25. I know that Messias cometh,— This, as well as John 4:29; Joh 4:42 plainly proves, both that the Samaritans expected the Messiah, and that they concluded he would be a prophet. The general expectation which now prevailed, that a great prince was to arise in Judea, together with Moses's prophesy concerning him, constrained the Samaritans to a right sentiment with respect to the Messiah's nation: for though they contended that the true place of acceptable worship was in their country,... read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:32
But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.In John 4:34, below, Jesus explained that the "meat" here mentioned was "to do the will of him who sent" Jesus. Christ's notice of the approaching multitude had not been shared by the apostles; and, of course, they misconstrued his words, taking them literally, as the next verse shows. read more