John 4:32

32 ille autem dixit eis ego cibum habeo manducare quem vos nescitis

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 exierunt de civitate et veniebant ad eum

31 interea rogabant eum discipuli dicentes rabbi manduca

32 ille autem dixit eis ego cibum habeo manducare quem vos nescitis

33 dicebant ergo discipuli ad invicem numquid aliquis adtulit ei manducare

34 dicit eis Iesus meus cibus est ut faciam voluntatem eius qui misit me ut perficiam opus eius