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Butδὲheὁsaidεἶπενto them,αὐτοῖς“IἘγὼhaveἔχωfoodβρῶσινto eatφαγεῖνthatἣνyouὑμεῖςdo notοὐκknow.”οἴδατε
John 4:32
Study it in the app“But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know.””
With the Greek beneath
John 4:32, word by word
- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- haveἔχωechō
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echō” appears- foodβρῶσινbrōsin
food
What one eats to live; also the food that gives eternal life.
Where else “brōsin” appears- to eatφαγεῖνphagein
eat
Eat.
Where else “phagein” appears- knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears
The context
31Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
32 · This verse (above)
33So the disciples were saying to one another, “Surely no one has brought him anything to eat?”
To study John 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask of the Samaritan woman at the well, and what does he offer her? (vv. 7-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says God seeks worshipers who worship “in spirit and truth.” What answer does he give to her question about the place? (vv. 20-24)
3. How I live it
The woman left her water jar and told others what had happened to her (vv. 28-29). Whom could you invite to “come and see” something good?