💫WEB · John 4:31
What does John 4:31 mean?
"In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”"
— John 4:31 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people,
“Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?”
They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
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