John 4:32

32 But he answered, "I have food to eat that you don't know about."

John 4:32 Meaning and 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 things, that he had no inclination to any corporeal food.

John 4:32 In-Context

30 They left the town and began coming toward him.

31 Meanwhile, the talmidim were urging Yeshua, "Rabbi, eat something."

32 But he answered, "I have food to eat that you don't know about."

33 At this, the talmidim asked one another, "Could someone have brought him food?"

34 Yeshua said to them, "My food is to do what the one who sent me wants and to bring his work to completion.