Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. New Living Translation Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work. English Standard Version Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. Berean Standard Bible Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work. Berean Literal Bible Jesus says to them, "My food is that I should do the will of the One having sent Me, and should finish His work. King James Bible Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. New King James Version Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. New American Standard Bible Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work. NASB 1995 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work. NASB 1977 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work. Legacy Standard Bible Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work. Amplified Bible Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to completely finish His work. Christian Standard Bible “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,” Jesus told them. Holman Christian Standard Bible “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work,” Jesus told them. American Standard Version Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Yeshua said to them, “My personal food is that I do the will of him who has sent me and finish His work. Contemporary English Version Jesus said: My food is to do what God wants! He is the one who sent me, and I must finish the work that he gave me to do. Douay-Rheims Bible Jesus saith to them: My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work. English Revised Version Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work. GOD'S WORD® Translation Jesus told them, "My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do and to finish the work he has given me. Good News Translation "My food," Jesus said to them, "is to obey the will of the one who sent me and to finish the work he gave me to do. International Standard Version Jesus told them, "My food is doing the will of the one who sent me and completing his work. Literal Standard Version Jesus says to them, “My food is that I may do the will of Him who sent Me, and may finish His work; Majority Standard Bible Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work. New American Bible Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work. NET Bible Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work. New Revised Standard Version Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. New Heart English Bible Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. Webster's Bible Translation Jesus saith to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Weymouth New Testament "My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work. World English Bible Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. Young's Literal Translation Jesus saith to them, 'My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Disciples Return and Marvel…33So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?” 34 Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work. 35Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.… Cross References Psalm 40:8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart." Matthew 3:15 "Let it be so now," Jesus replied. "It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way." Then John permitted Him. Luke 2:49 "Why were you looking for Me?" He asked. "Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house?" John 5:30 I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. John 5:36 But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish--the very works I am doing--testify about Me that the Father has sent Me. John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me. John 8:29 He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him." Treasury of Scripture Jesus said to them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. My meat. John 4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. John 6:33,38 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world… 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. and. John 5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. John 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. Jump to Previous Accomplish Complete Finish Food Fully Jesus Meat Obedient Pleasure WorkJump to Next Accomplish Complete Finish Food Fully Jesus Meat Obedient Pleasure WorkJohn 4 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. (34) My meat.--Better, My food, as before (John 4:8). To do the will. . . . to finish.--Better, that I may do the will, . . . that I may finish. These verbs point out the end which He ever kept in view. In some of the best MSS., and in the received text, the tenses are different. That. I may be constantly doing the will of Him that sent Me, and may then at last complete His work. (Comp. John 17:4.) This work He speaks of here, and in John 4:32, as actual food, as the supply of the truest needs, and the satisfaction of the truest desires of His nature. (Comp. Note on Matthew 4:4.) Analogies to this are within the limits of every man's experience, and, faint as they are, help us to learn something of what this spiritual sustenance was. The command of duty, the cheering power of hope, the stimulus of success, are forces that supply to weak and weary nerves and muscles, the vigour of a new life. Under them the soldier can forget his wounds, the martyr smile at the lion or the flame, the worn-out traveller still plod onward at the thought of home. We cannot analyse this power, but it exists. They have food to eat that those without know not of. Verse 34. - Jesus said to them, My food - that which satisfies my strongest desire, and quenches all other desire - is that I may do continuously the will of him that sent me on my mission to this people and to this world. "Lo, I come to do thy will, O God," was the motto and burden of his life. "Not my will, but thine," was the sacrificial cry which redeemed the world. To teach man to do the will of the Father is the motive which sustained him, and the prayer he put upon human lips was, "Thy will be done." Meyer here rightly says that ἵνα is not equal to ὅτι. Some expression is given by it as to the end and purpose of the mysterious life of which we have these sacred illustrations. The doing of the will of God is a perpetual and sublime activity, a continuing, ceaseless purpose; while the completion of the work will be one consummating act, towards which all the daily doing of the will is a preparation, and of which, in some sense, every day we discern a prelibation and forthshadowing. In John 17:4 he says, τελειώσας, "having completed the work thou," etc. This passage points on to that (cf. also John 5:30, 6:38; 7:18; 8:50; 9:4; 12:49, 50; 14:31, etc.).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek JesusἸησοῦς (Iēsous) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. explained, Λέγει (Legei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. “My Ἐμὸν (Emon) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Neuter 1st Person Singular Strong's 1699: My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my. food βρῶμά (brōma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 1033: Food of any kind. From the base of bibrosko; food, especially articles allowed or forbidden by the Jewish law. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. to ἵνα (hina) Conjunction Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. do ποιήσω (poiēsō) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. will θέλημα (thelēma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 2307: An act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires. From the prolonged form of ethelo; a determination, i.e. choice or inclination. of Him who τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sent πέμψαντός (pempsantos) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3992: To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth. Me με (me) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. to finish τελειώσω (teleiōsō) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 5048: From teleios; to complete, i.e. accomplish, or consummate. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular 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. work. ἔργον (ergon) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. 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