john-4:31-34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:32

Verse 32 32.I have food to eat which you know not. It is wonderful that, when he is fatigued and hungry, he refuses to eat; for if it be said that he does this for the purpose of instructing us, by his example, to endure hunger, why then did he not do so always? But he had another object than to say that we ought simply to refuse food; for we must attend to this circumstance, that his anxiety about the present business urges him so strongly, and absorbs his whole mind, so that it gives him no... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:34

Verse 34 34.My food is to do the will of him who sent me. He means not only that he esteems it very highly, but that there is nothing in which he takes greater delight, or in which he is more cheerfully or more eagerly employed; as David, in order to magnify the Law of God, says not only that he values it highly, but that it is sweeter than honey, (Psalms 19:10.) If, therefore, we would follow Christ, it is proper not only that we devote ourselves diligently to the service of God, but that we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:1-42

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 specimen of our Lord's intercourse with individuals, and the reaction of that instruction upon the disciples. The event is a solitary chink through which the light of historical fact falls upon an otherwise darkened and unknown period of the Saviour's life. When we skirt a forest we see at intervals, where by some... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

In the mean while ( χρόνῳ understood)—while the men of Sychar were coming across the green corn-fields in excited and eager longing for the bread of life and the water of life eternal— his disciples besought him; rather, were entreating him— the verb ἐρωτάω is used for question and interrogation, and is generally used of one who feels on terms of equality with the person addressed on the matter in hand (cf. John 14:16 ; John 15:7 ; John 16:19 , John 16:23 ; John... 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 4:32

But he saith to them, I have food to eat that ye know not; of which you are ignorant, but which you may come to know by and by. βρῶσιν and βρῶμα are both used. The first denotes, strictly speaking, the act of eating; and the second the material for food; but they are, in Greek literature, generally used almost interchangeably. There were Divine desires and sacred satisfactions which discriminated the Lord's consciousness from that of his disciples. Thoma refers to the mighty fasts of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:33

Therefore the disciples (almost as obtuse as was Nicodemus, or the Samaritaness, or as the Jews generally were, in penetrating the hidden meaning of the Lord's words) unintentionally illustrate the parabolic method, the tissue of symbolic and metaphoric phrase which Jesus adopted throughout his ministry; they did not venture to question him further, but said one to another, Hath any one brought him aught to eat? Did that Samaritan woman or any other? They could not, or did not, rise to the... 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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:32

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:34

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:1-42

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:27-38

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:31

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:31-34

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:31-38

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:32

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:33

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:34

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