John Gill's Exposition on John 4:32

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But he said unto them, etc.] That is, “Jesus”, as the Persic, or the Lord Jesus, as the Ethiopic versions express it: I have meat to eat that ye know not of: meaning the conversion of the Samaritan woman, and of other Samaritans, who were flocking in great numbers to him, which he knew, though his disciples did not; and the harvest of souls he had a prospect of, (see <430435>John 4:35), was as meat unto him, delightful and refreshing; and his mind and thoughts were so taken up with these things, that he had no inclination to any corporeal food.

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