John 4:32

32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not 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 went out from the town and were coming to him.

31 In the meanwhile the disciples were asking him, saying, "Rabbi, eat [something]!"

32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about."

33 So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one brought him [anything] to eat, [did they]?"

34 Jesus said to them, "My food is that I do the will of the one who sent me and complete his work.