34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
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For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
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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