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Selected Verse: John 4:33 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 4:33 |
King James |
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Hath any man brought him ... - This is one of the many instances in which the disciples were slow to understand the Saviour. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Said (ἔλεγον)
Imperfect tense: began to say, or were saying. The question was discussed among them.
One to another
Fearing to ask Jesus. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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, Kg1 17:4-6, and by the ministry of an angel, Kg1 19:5-8, and our Lord's preternatural repast in the wilderness, after his victory over Satan, Mat 4:11. |
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.