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Selected Verse: John 4:32 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 4:32	King James	But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
meat ye know not of--What spirituality of mind! "I have been eating all the while, and such food as ye dream not of." What can that be? they ask each other; have any supplies been brought Him in our absence? He knows what they are saying though He hears it not.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

meat ye know not of--What spirituality of mind! "I have been eating all the while, and such food as ye dream not of." What can that be? they ask each other; have any supplies been brought Him in our absence? He knows what they are saying though He hears it not.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
I have meat to eat - See Joh 4:34.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

I have meat to eat - See Joh 4:34.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Meat (βρῶσιν) Originally the act of eating (Col 2:16), but often of that which is eaten. A parallel is found in the vulgar phrase, a thing is good or poor eating. The word is always used by Paul in its original sense. Know not of (οὐκ οἴδατε) Incorrect. Rev., rightly, ye know not; i.e., you do not know its virtue.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Meat (βρῶσιν)

Originally the act of eating (Col 2:16), but often of that which is eaten. A parallel is found in the vulgar phrase, a thing is good or poor eating. The word is always used by Paul in its original sense.

Know not of (οὐκ οἴδατε)

Incorrect. Rev., rightly, ye know not; i.e., you do not know its virtue.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
I have meat to eat that ye know not of - Our blessed Lord seizes every opportunity to raise the minds of his apostles to heavenly things, through the medium of earthly matters. Nor does he force these things into such service. Properly understood, earthly substances are the types, representatives, and shadows of heavenly things.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

I have meat to eat that ye know not of - Our blessed Lord seizes every opportunity to raise the minds of his apostles to heavenly things, through the medium of earthly matters. Nor does he force these things into such service. Properly understood, earthly substances are the types, representatives, and shadows of heavenly things.

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