Meat (βρωσιν). Originally the act of eating (Romans 14:17) from βιβρωσκω, but soon and commonly as that which is eaten…

I have meat to eat that you know not of.—The emphasis is on the pronouns, which are opposed to each other. “Meat” is better rendered f…

And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with he…

St. Augustine of Hippo: His disciples had gone to buy food and had returned. They offered Christ some, at which point, as the Sc…

The disciples were mainly interested in Jesus’ physical welfare. He must have been exhausted by the travel of the morning. They were amazed that he…

I have food to eat which you know not. It is wonderful that, when He is fatigued and hungry, He refuses to eat; for if it is said that He …

But he said to them
That is, "Jesus", as the Persic, or the Lord Jesus, as the Ethiopic versions express it:

The disciples wondered that Christ talked so with a Samaritan. Yet they knew it was for some good reason and for some good end. So, when particular…

1. After presenting the teaching on spiritual water, the Evangelist now deals with its effect.

   First, he presents the effect itself.<…