John 4:32
New International Version
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

New Living Translation
But Jesus replied, “I have a kind of food you know nothing about.”

English Standard Version
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”

Berean Standard Bible
But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

Berean Literal Bible
But He said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know."

King James Bible
But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

New King James Version
But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”

New American Standard Bible
But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”

NASB 1995
But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”

NASB 1977
But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”

Legacy Standard Bible
But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”

Amplified Bible
But He told them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”

Christian Standard Bible
But he said, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But He said, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

American Standard Version
But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus told them, "I have food you don't know anything about."

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said to them: I have meat to eat, which you know not.

English Revised Version
But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus told them, "I have food to eat that you don't know about."

Good News Translation
But he answered, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

International Standard Version
But he told them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

Literal Standard Version
and He said to them, “I have food to eat that you have not known.”

Majority Standard Bible
But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

New American Bible
But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”

NET Bible
But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

New Revised Standard Version
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”

New Heart English Bible
But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about."

Webster's Bible Translation
But he said to them, I have food to eat that ye know not of.

Weymouth New Testament
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."

World English Bible
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

Young's Literal Translation
and he said to them, 'I have food to eat that ye have not known.'

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Context
The Disciples Return and Marvel
31Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.” 32But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 33So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”…

Cross References
John 4:31
Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, "Rabbi, eat something."

John 4:33
So the disciples asked one another, "Could someone have brought Him food?"


Treasury of Scripture

But he said to them, I have meat to eat that you know not of.

I have.

John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Psalm 63:5
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

that.

Psalm 25:14
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

Revelation 2:17
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

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1. Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria, and reveals his identity to her.
27. His disciples marvel.
31. He declares to them his zeal for God's glory.
39. Many Samaritans believe on him.
43. He departs into Galilee, and heals the ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum.














(32) I have meat to eat that ye know not of.--The emphasis is on the pronouns, which are opposed to each other. "Meat" is better rendered food (see Note on John 4:8). The Greek word here is the same as in John 6:27; John 6:55.

Verse 32. - But he saith to them, I have food to eat that ye know not; of which you are ignorant, but which you may come to know by and by. Βρῶσιν and βρῶμα are both used. The first denotes, strictly speaking, the act of eating; and the second the material for food; but they are, in Greek literature, generally used almost interchangeably. There were Divine desires and sacred satisfactions which discriminated the Lord's consciousness from that of his disciples. Thoma refers to the mighty fasts of the great lawgiver and prophet as the literary antecedent of this significant event; but this superiority to food is true of every great soul. The men of the spirit are consumed with desires which dwarf the desires of the flesh, and they forget to eat their bread. Nor can we forget that the synoptic narrative places the forty dave' fast in this very epoch of Christ's life, chronologically speaking. (See note at end of this chapter.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

He told
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

them,
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“I
Ἐγὼ (Egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

have
ἔχω (echō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

food
βρῶσιν (brōsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1035: (a) abstr: eating, (b) food, a meal, (c) rust. From the base of bibrosko; eating; by extension food.

to eat
φαγεῖν (phagein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 5315: A primary verb; to eat.

that
ἣν (hēn)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

you
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

know
οἴδατε (oidate)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

nothing [about].”
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.


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