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30 So[a] they left the town and began coming[b] to him.

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31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,[c] “Rabbi, eat something.”[d] 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:30 tn “So” is supplied for transitional smoothness in English.
  2. John 4:30 sn The imperfect tense is here rendered began coming for the author is not finished with this part of the story yet; these same Samaritans will appear again in v. 35.
  3. John 4:31 tn Grk “were asking him, saying.”
  4. John 4:31 tn The direct object of φάγε (phage) in Greek is understood; “something” is supplied in English.

30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi,(A) eat something.”

32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat(B) that you know nothing about.”

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