Giovanni 4:32

32 Ma egli disse loro: Io ho da mangiare un cibo, il qual voi non sapete.

Giovanni 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.

Giovanni 4:32 In-Context

30 Uscirono adunque della città, e vennero a lui.

31 OR in quel mezzo i suoi discepoli lo pregavano, dicendo: Maestro, mangia.

32 Ma egli disse loro: Io ho da mangiare un cibo, il qual voi non sapete.

33 Laonde i discepoli dicevano l’uno all’altro: Gli ha punto alcuno portato da mangiare?

34 Gesù disse loro: Il mio cibo è ch’io faccia la volontà di colui che mi ha mandato, e ch’io adempia l’opera sua.