32But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-42)We have here the remainder of the story of what happened when Christ was in Samaria, after the long conference he had with the woman. I. The interruption given to this discourse by the disciples’ coming. It is probable that much more was said than is recorded; but just when the discourse was brought to a head, when Christ had made himself known to her as the true Messiah, then came the disciples .…
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