João 4:32

32 Mas ele lhes disse: “Tenho algo para comer que vocês não conhecem”.

João 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.

João 4:32 In-Context

30 Então saíram da cidade e foram para onde ele estava.

31 Enquanto isso, os discípulos insistiam com ele: “Mestre, come alguma coisa”.

32 Mas ele lhes disse: “Tenho algo para comer que vocês não conhecem”.

33 Então os seus discípulos disseram uns aos outros: “Será que alguém lhe trouxe comida?”

34 Disse Jesus: “A minha comida é fazer a vontade daquele que me enviou e concluir a sua obra.