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the one whoὁreapsθερίζωνis receivingλαμβάνειwagesμισθὸνandκαὶgatheringσυνάγειfruitκαρπὸνforεἰςeternalαἰώνιονlife,ζωὴνso thatἵναthe one whoὁsowsσπείρωνandκαὶthe one whoὁreapsθερίζωνmay rejoiceχαίρῃtogether.ὁμοῦ
John 4:36
Study it in the app“the 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.”
With the Greek beneath
John 4:36, word by word
- reapsθερίζωνtherizōn
reap fruit
To receive the fruit of what one has sown.
Where else “therizōn” appears- is receivingλαμβάνειlambanei
receive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “lambanei” appears- wagesμισθὸνmisthon
wages
What is earned for work.
Where else “misthon” appears- gatheringσυνάγειsynagei
gather
To bring people or things together into one place.
Where else “synagei” appears- fruitκαρπὸνkarpon
result
The result of what someone is or does.
Where else “karpon” appears- eternalαἰώνιονaiōnion
eternal
Without end, like the life God gives.
Where else “aiōnion” appears- lifeζωὴνzōēn
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēn” appears- sowsσπείρωνspeirōn
sow
Sow.
Where else “speirōn” appears- may rejoiceχαίρῃchairēi
rejoice
To feel joy and gladness about something.
Where else “chairēi” appears- togetherὁμοῦhomou
together
Together, at the same time, in the same place.
Where else “homou” appears
The context
35Do 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
36 · This verse (above)
37For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’
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?