John 4:31
In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
KJV
Ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ ἠρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ λέγοντες· ῥαββεί, φάγε.
Greek NT
Interea rogabant eum discipuli, dicentes : Rabbi, manduca.
Vulgate
In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat.
ASV
In the mean time, the disciples prayed him, saying: Rabbi, eat.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
μεταξύ
metaxu
adverb · 9×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐρωτάω
erotao
verb · 65×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ῥαββί
rabbi
hebrew_word · 15×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: Ἐν | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἐν | RP: + δὲ
- Ἐν — SBLGNT
- Ἐν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Not any therefore of these things does He here intimate, but it is what I said, He displays His power to punish, and this is shown by saying, The time was not yet, making it clear that of this special purpose He went, and not for hunger, but for His disciples' sake, who indeed marvelled exceedingly, although many miracles had been done greater; but, as I said, this was stran…
Cross-references
- Acts 10:13 — And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
- Ezra 10:6 — Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the
- Mark 3:20 — And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.