In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat.
And in the meanwhile his disciples were asking him, saying, `Rabbi, eat;'
But meanwhile the disciples asked him saying, Rabbi, eat.
John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
John 1:38Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
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“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were…
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
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Matthew 23:7the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
leads to
Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
Through
Genesis 24:33Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
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“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
Voices2
Most excellently doth the Divine Evangelist manage the compilation of this book, and omits nothing which he believes will at all be of use to the readers. Hear therefore how he introduces Jesus again as the Ensample of a most note-worthy act. For I do not think that any thing has been put in vain in the writings of the saints, but what any man deems small, he sometimes finds pregnant with no contemptible profit.
Cyril of Alexandria· Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 2, 444patristic
In the mean while,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
The verses this one reaches8
Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
