John 4:8
(for his disciples had gone away into the city that they might buy provisions).
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
In Context
7A woman comes out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give me to drink
Cross References
Luke 9:13And he said to them, Give *ye them to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless *we* should go and buy food for all this people;
John 4:39But many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, He told me all things that I had ever done.
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 →