The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
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The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
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Then sayd the disciples bitwene them selves: hath eny man brought him meate?
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Then said ye disciples betweene themselues, Hath any man brought him meate?
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Passages linked to John 4:33 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 16:6-11 Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.” Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, ‘because you have brought no bread?’ Don’t you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Luke 9:45 But they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath…
33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
Ver. 33. Hath any man brought, &c.] "Are not these yet carnal, and talk as men?" 1Co 3:3. How dull and thick brained are the best till God rend the veil, and enlighten both organ and object!
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain His disciples, being yet carnal, did not understand him,…
His disciples, being yet carnal, did not understand him, but thought that he had spoken of bodily nourishment. See the like instances, Mat 16:7; 11:13. They were wondering how he came by meat, and who should bring it him: so hard are we to conceive of spiritual things, till God openeth our eyes.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Therefore said the disciples one to another,.... Privately, among…
Therefore said the disciples one to another,.... Privately, among themselves, though in his hearing; at least he knew what they said by answer;
hath any man; or anyone, any angel from heaven, or any of the inhabitants of the city, or any man or woman, or this woman they had found him talking with:
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brought him ought to eat? for they thought of nothing else but bodily food; just as when he cautioned them against the leaven of the Sadducees and Pharisees, they imagined he said it, because they had taken no bread; whereas he meant the doctrine of these persons: so dull of understanding spiritual things were the disciples themselves, that it is not so much to be wondered at that the Samaritan woman, whilst in her carnal state, when Christ spoke of living water, should understand him of material water, or spring water.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 33. Hath any man brought him aught to…
Verse 33. Hath any man brought him aught to eat?] Has he got food in any preternatural way? They could not help remembering the miraculous interventions of Divine providence in feeding Elijah by the ravens, at the brook Cherith, 1Kg 17:4-6, and by the ministry of an angel, 1Kg 19:5-8, and our Lord's preternatural repast in the wilderness, after his victory over Satan, Mt 4:11.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Hath any man brought him ... - This is…
Hath any man brought him ... - This is one of the many instances in which the disciples were slow to understand the Saviour.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 33. Hath any man brought him] The emphasis is…
33. Hath any man brought him] The emphasis is on ‘brought.’ ‘Surely no one hath brought Him any thing to eat.’ Another instance of dulness as to spiritual meaning. In Joh_2:20 it was the Jews; in Joh_3:4 Nicodemus; in Joh_4:11 the Samaritan woman; and now the disciples. Comp. Joh_11:12, Joh_14:5. These candid reports of what tells against the disciples add to the trust which we place in the narratives of the Evangelists.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (33) Hath any man brought him ought to eat?—The…
(33) Hath any man brought him ought to eat?—The question expects the negative answer, “Surely no one hath brought Him anything to eat?” The only person with Him is this Samaritan woman. Surely she has not! They understand His words in the ordinary sense. He proceeds to explain their real meaning.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Therefore the disciples (almost as obtuse as was Nicodemus,…
Therefore the disciples (almost as obtuse as was Nicodemus, or the Samaritaness, or as the Jews generally were, in penetrating the hidden meaning of the Lord"s words) unintentionally illustrate the parabolic method, the tissue of symbolic and metaphoric phrase which Jesus adopted throughout his ministry; they did not venture to question him further, but said one to another, Hath any one brought him aught to eat? Did that Samaritan woman or any other? They could not, or did not, rise to the spiritual or unseen, nor for the moment did they get beyond the pressing needs of the flesh. Still, in the form of their question they leave room for doubt, whether he had not been able to satisfy the craving of the flesh, to make stones into bread, or water into wine. Surely not? (The mhtiv suggests a negative answer.)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 33. Hath any man brought him aught to eat?…
33. Hath any man brought him aught to eat? They cannot think of spiritual food, heavenly manna, bread of life. Yet, long before, the prophet had spoken of this food and had said, “Ye that have no money, come, buy bread, and eat.”
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