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John 4:30

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does John 4:30 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “They went out of the city, and were coming to him.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
John 4:30 — American Standard Version

Context — John 4

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
27And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her?
28So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people,
29Come, see a man, who told me all things that [ever] I did: can this be the Christ?
30They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
31In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat.
32But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.
33The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him [aught] to eat?
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then they went out of the city, etc.] “The men”, as the Syriac version expresses it; the inhabitants of Sychar left their business, and came out of the city: and came unto him; to Christ, to see him, and converse with him, that they might know who he was: for though the woman had been a woman of ill fame, yet such was the account that she gave of Christ, and such power went along with her words, that what with the strangeness of the relation, and the curiosity with which they were led, and chiefly through the efficacy of divine grace, at least in many of them, they were moved to regard what she said, and to follow her directions and solicitations.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Then they went out, &c.--How different from the Jews! and richly was their openness to conviction rewarded.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“They went out of the city - The men of the city left it and went to Jesus, to hear and examine for themselves. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Isa 60:8; Mat 2:1-3, Mat 8:11, Mat 8:12, Mat 11:20-24, Mat 12:40-42, Mat 20:16; Luk 17:16-18; Act 8:5-8, Act 10:33, Act 13:42, Act 28:28; Rom 5:20 John 4:31”
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