John 4 · Verse 30

John 4:30

Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
John 4:30, King James Version

John 4:30 in other translations

BSBSo they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
WEBThey went out of the city, and were coming to him.
ASVThey went out of the city, and were coming to him.
YLTThey went forth therefore out of the city, and were coming unto him.
DARBYThey went out of the city and came to him.
BBESo they went out of the town and came to him.
WebsterThen they went out of the city, and came to him.

What does John 4:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 4:28-30

28-30. left her water-pot--How exquisitely natural! The presence of strangers made her feel that it was time for her to withdraw, and He who knew what was in her heart, and what she was going to the city to do, let her go without exchanging a word with her in the hearing of others. Their interview was too sacred, and the effect on the woman too overpowering (not to speak of His own deep emotion) to allow of its…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 30. They went out of the city. The men of the city left it and went to Jesus, to hear and examine for themselves.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 They went out of the city - Such effect had the simple testimony of the woman on their minds. And came unto him - Or, Were coming to him; for they did not reach him immediately; all that discourse between him and his disciples, mentioned Joh 4:31-39, inclusive, having taken place before the people of Sychar got to the well. See Joh 4:40.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 4:27-42

The disciples wondered that Christ talked thus with a Samaritan. Yet they knew it was for some good reason, and for some good end. Thus when particular difficulties occur in the word and providence of God, it is good to satisfy ourselves that all is well that Jesus Christ says and does. Two things affected the woman. The extent of his knowledge. Christ knows all the thoughts, words, and actions, of all the children…

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John 4:30 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐξῆλθονexēlthonThey went forthG1831
οὖνounthereforeG3767
ἐκekout ofG1537
τῆςtēstheG3588
πόλεωςpoleōscityG4172
καὶkaiandG2532
ἤρχοντοērchontowere comingG2064
πρὸςprosuntoG4314
αὐτόν.¶autonHim.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 4:30

  • Acts 10:33

    Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

  • Acts 13:42

    And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

  • Matthew 11:20-24

    Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. …

  • Matthew 2:1-3

    Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

  • Luke 17:16-18

    And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

  • Romans 5:20

    Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

  • Acts 8:5-8

    Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. And there was great joy in that city.

  • Matthew 12:40-42

    For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

  • Matthew 8:11-12

    And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Isaiah 60:8

    Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

  • Matthew 20:16

    So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

  • Acts 28:28

    Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isa 60:8; Mt 2:1-3; 8:11,12; 11:20-24; 12:40-42; 20:16; Lu 17:16-18
Ac 8:5-8; 10:33; 13:42; 28:28; Ro 5:20

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Context

  • John 4:29

    Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

  • John 4:30

    Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

  • John 4:31

    In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

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John 4:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces salieron de la ciudad, y vinieron á él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils sortirent de la ville, et ils venaient vers lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie gingen zu der Stadt hinaus und kamen zu ihm.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Exierunt ergo de civitate et veniebant ad eum.