Study it in the app“Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and then the harvest comes’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes and see the fields, that they are white for harvest. Already”
Doοὐχyouὑμεῖςnot say,λέγετε‘There areἐστινstillἜτιfour months,τετράμηνόςandκαὶthenthe harvestὁ θερισμὸςcomes’?ἔρχεταιLook,ἰδοὺI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνlift upἐπάρατεyour eyesτοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶνandκαὶseeθεάσασθεthe fields,τὰς χώραςthatὅτιthey areεἰσινwhiteλευκαίforπρὸςharvest.θερισμόνAlreadyἤδη
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legete” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsfour months
Of four months; a period of four months.
Where else “tetramēnos” appearsharvest
Harvest.
Where else “therismos” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchetai” appearslift up
To hold something high: eyes, hands, voice.
Where else “eparate” appearseye
The organ of sight, in the face.
Where else “ophthalmous” appearssee, behold
See, look at closely, behold.
Where else “theasasthe” appearsfield
Farmland.
Where else “chōras” appearswhite
White.
Where else “leukai” appearsalready
Already, by now.
Where else “ēdē” appearsThe Greek text we follow starts a new sentence with “already”; it can also be read with what comes before: “white for harvest already.”
34Jesus says to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
35 · This verse (above)
36the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.
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?
