John 4 · Verse 33

John 4:33

Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
John 4:33, King James Version

John 4:33 in other translations

BSBSo the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
WEBThe disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
ASVThe disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat?
YLTThe disciples then said one to another, ‘Did any one bring him anything to eat?'
DARBYThe disciples therefore said to one another, Has any one brought him anything to eat?
BBESo the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?
WebsterTherefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat?

What does John 4:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 4:31-38

31-38. meantime--that is, while the woman was away. Master, eat--Fatigue and thirst we saw He felt; here is revealed another of our common infirmities to which the Lord was subject--hunger.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 33. Hath any man brought him, &c. This is one of the many instances in which the disciples were slow to understand the Saviour.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 Hath any man brought him aught to eat? - Has he got food in any preternatural way? They could not help remembering the miraculous interventions of Divine providence in feeding Elijah by the ravens, at the brook Cherith, 1Kgs 17:4-6, and by the ministry of an angel, 1Kgs 19:5-8, and our Lord's preternatural repast in the wilderness, after his victory over Satan, Mat 4:11.

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 4:33 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.

ἔλεγονelegonWere sayingG3004
οὖνounthereforeG3767
οἱhoitheG3588
μαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesG3101
πρὸςprostoG4314
ἀλλήλους·allēlousone another;G240
μήmēSurely notG3361
τιςtisoneG5100
ἤνεγκενēnegkendid bringG5342
αὐτῷautōto HimG846
φαγεῖν;phagein[something] to eat?G5315

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

Cross references for John 4:33

  • Luke 9:45

    But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.

  • Matthew 16:6-11

    Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mt 16:6-11; Lu 9:45

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 4:32

    But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

  • John 4:33

    Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?

  • John 4:34

    Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

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John 4:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces los discípulos decían el uno al otro: ¿Si le habrá traído alguien de comer?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les disciples donc dirent entre eux: Quelqu’un lui aurait-il apporté à manger?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sprachen die Jünger zueinander: Hat ihm wohl jemand zu essen gebracht?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dicebant ergo discipuli ad invicem: Numquid aliquis attulit ei manducare?