John 4:33

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

John 4:33 Meaning and Commentary

John 4:33

Therefore said the disciples one to another
Privately, among themselves, though in his hearing; at least he knew what they said by answer;

hath any man;
or anyone, any angel from heaven, or any of the inhabitants of the city, or any man or woman, or this woman they had found him talking with:

brought him [ought] to eat?
for they thought of nothing else but bodily food; just as when he cautioned them against the leaven of the Sadducees and Pharisees, they imagined he said it, because they had taken no bread; whereas he meant the doctrine of these persons: so dull of understanding spiritual things were the disciples themselves, that it is not so much to be wondered at that the Samaritan woman, whilst in her carnal state, when Christ spoke of living water, should understand him of material water, or spring water.

John 4:33 In-Context

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.
35 Don't you have a saying, `Four more months and then the harvest'? Well, what I say to you is: open your eyes and look at the fields! They're already ripe for harvest!
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