Jean 4:32

32 Mais il leur dit: J'ai à manger une nourriture que vous ne connaissez pas.

Jean 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.

Jean 4:32 In-Context

30 Ils sortirent de la ville, et ils vinrent vers lui.

31 Pendant ce temps, les disciples le pressaient de manger, disant: Rabbi, mange.

32 Mais il leur dit: J'ai à manger une nourriture que vous ne connaissez pas.

33 Les disciples se disaient donc les uns aux autres: Quelqu'un lui aurait-il apporté à manger?

34 Jésus leur dit: Ma nourriture est de faire la volonté de celui qui m'a envoyé, et d'accomplir son oeuvre.