john-4:35-38

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 4:38

sent. App-174 . other men. Greek. Plural of allos. laboured = have laboured. are entered = have entered. their : i.e. John the Baptist and the Lord. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:35

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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:36

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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:37

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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:38

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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 4:35

John 4:35. Say not ye, There are yet four months, &c.— Whitby, Grotius, and many others, understand this as if our Lord had said, "It is a proverbial expression for the encouragement of husbandmen, that there are but four months between seed-time and harvest." The author of the translation of 1729 renders it, "You commonly say, The other four months, and the harvest will come." And indeed the passage itself is an iambic verse, and should be read thus: u917?τι τετραμηνον, κ ο θερισμος... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 4:36-38

John 4:36-38. And he that reapeth, &c.— As the disciples laboured together with our Lord in this spiritual harvest,—to encourage them, he put them in mind of the reward. The passage should be read as follows: "He that reapeth and gathereth the fruit [of souls] unto life eternal; he that conducts others into heaven (alluding to the gathering of reaped corn into barns) such a person—receiveth wages; that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, may rejoice together; namely, in the reward... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:35

35. yet four months, and then harvest—that is, "In current speech, ye say thus at this season; but lift up your eyes and look upon those fields in the light of another husbandry, for lo! in that sense, they are even now white to harvest, ready for the sickle." The simple beauty of this language is only surpassed by the glow of holy emotion in the Redeemer's own soul which it expresses. It refers to the ripeness of these Sycharites for accession to Him, and the joy of this great Lord of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:36

36. he that reapeth, c.—As our Lord could not mean that the reaper only, and not the sower, received "wages," in the sense of personal reward for his work, the "wages" here can be no other than the joy of having such a harvest to gather in—the joy of "gathering fruit unto life eternal." rejoice together—The blessed issue of the whole ingathering is the interest alike of the sower as of the reaper it is no more the fruit of the last operation than of the first; and just as there can be no... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:37

31-38. meantime—that is, while the woman was away. Master, eat—Fatigue and thirst we saw He felt; here is revealed another of our common infirmities to which the Lord was subject—hunger. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 4:38

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:35

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:36

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:37

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:38

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 4:35

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 4:36-38

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:35

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:36

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:37

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