John 4:33
31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
- KJV
- Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
- WEB
- The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
- ASV
- The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him [aught] to eat?
- DARBY
- The disciples therefore said to one another, Has any one brought him [anything] to eat?
- BLB
- Therefore the disciples were saying to one another, “Did anyone bring Him [something] to eat?”
- ÅB
- Disiplene sa da til hverandre: Skulle noen ha båret mat til ham?
- OTB
- Da sa disiplene til hverandre: «Kan noen ha brakt ham mat?»
- B1930
- Disiplene sa da til hverandre: Skulde nogen ha båret mat til ham?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 9:45
But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
Read in contextMatthew 16:6–11
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Read in context