John 4:8

For his disciples had gone away into the city so that they might buy food.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

In Context

7A woman of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.

9The Samaritan woman therefore says to him, How do thou, being Jewish, ask to drink from me, being a Samaritan woman, for Jews do not associate with Samaritans?

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Cross References

Luke 9:13But he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, There are for us not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless, after going, we might buy food for all this people.

John 4:39And many of the Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all, as many things as I did.

Matthew Henry on John 4:5-27

Christ at the Well of Samaria. 4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria… Read the whole commentary →

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