John 4:31 BSB — MannaFest

John 4:31

Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

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ASV

In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat.

KJV

In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

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Commentary

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J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

We have, for one thing, in these verses, an instructive pattern of zeal for the good of others. We read, that our Lord Jesus Christ declares, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work." To do good was not merely duty and pleasure to Him. He counted it as His food and drink. Job, one of the holiest Old Testament saints, could say, that he esteemed God's word "more than his necessary food." (Job 23:12.) The Great Head of the New Testament Church went even further.

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Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1901: “Mysterious Meat” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1886)

THE disciples had gone away into the city to buy meat and for this they cannot be censured. It was necessary that food should be provided and it naturally fell to their lot to perform that duty. Do not say that they were carnal or un-spiritual because of this, for the most spiritual people must eat to live. When they came back from making their purchases, they found their Master sitting by the well, as they had left Him.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐν	En	But in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
μεταξὺ	metaxu	meantime	G3342 →
ἠρώτων	ērōtōn	were asking	G2065 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
μαθηταὶ	mathētai	disciples	G3101 →
λέγοντες·	legontes	saying;	G3004 →
ῥαββί,	rhabbi	Rabbi,	G4461 →
φάγε.	phage	do eat.	G5315 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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 1:38
Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
leads to
- John 1:49
  “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 18:7
  So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
- John 3:2
  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…
- Proverbs 8:34
  Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
- John 18:4
  Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
Through
Matthew 23:7
the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
leads to
- John 1:38
  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 24:33
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.”
leads to
- Psalms 132:3–5
  “I will not enter my house or get into my bed,
- Ephesians 6:5–8
  Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John