John 4:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. ”

John 4:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I sent you - In the commission given you to preach the gospel. You have not labored or toiled in preparing the way for the great harvest which is now to be gathered in. Other men laboured -...
John 4:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Return of the Disciples. The disciples return with the food they have bought. They are surprised that Jesus is talking with a woman ( cf. Pirke Aboth, i. 5, Prolong not discourse with a woman)...
John 4:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sent. App-174. other men. Greek. Plural of allos. laboured . have laboured. are entered . have entered. their : i.e. John the Baptist and the Lord.
John 4:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
John 4:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he that reapeth, &c.— As the disciples laboured together with our Lord in this spiritual harvest,—to encourage them, he put them in mind of the reward. The passage should be read as follows...
John 4:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. I sent you, х egoo ( G1473 ) apesteila ( G649 )]. The "I" here is em...
John 4:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Samaritan Woman 1-42. Christ in Samaria. The ministry in Samaria is recorded because it is the author's design to exhibit Christ as the Saviour, not only of Israel, but of the world ( John 4:4...
John 4:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I sent you to reap... — The pronouns are again emphatic. “I sent you to reap;” and the statement is of wide meaning. He is ever the Sower. All others are more or less fully reapers, though in t...
John 4:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 11 THE SECOND SIGN IN GALILEE. “In the mean while the disciples prayed Him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But He said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. The disciples therefore said on...
John 4:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Rewards of Service John 4:27-38 As soon as Jesus opens the living spring within our hearts, we abandon our water pots. When we are saved, we must hasten with the tidings to those with whom...
John 4:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The words, "He must needs pass through Samaria" are arresting. The final explanation must be found in His dealing with the woman of Samaria. In itself, it is a radiant revelation of His method as He...
John 4:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he must needs go through Samaria. (5) Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (6) Now Jacob's well was there....
John 4:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I sent you to reap ,.... To preach the Gospel, and gather in souls by your ministry; referring to the mission of them in Matthew 10:6 ; that whereon ye bestowed no labour ; being sent to the Jew...
John 4:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. Ver. 38. Other men have laboured ] Laboured even to lassitude, as the word κεκοπι...
John 4:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Herein is that saying true That common proverb; One soweth and another reapeth He alludes to what often happens, namely, that after he has sown his field, a man dies before he gathers in the harv...
John 4:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A SAMARITAN WOMAN GIVEN THE WATER OF LIFE (vs.1-26) The Lord now leaves Judea because He knew the Pharisees' thoughts as to His baptizing more disciples than John. Not that the Lord Himself did t...
John 4:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ at the Well of Samaria. 27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, W...
John 4:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have sent you to reap that which you did not first labour for; the prophets, and John the Baptist, and myself, have sown the seed, and by their doctrine prepared for the Lord a people; you enter up...
John 4:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Samaritan Woman ( John 4:4-42 ). In this story of the Samaritan woman in John 4:4-42 Jesus depicts Himself as the Gift of God Who can give men living water ( John 4:10 ), and can thus give m...
John 4:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 4:27 . Marvelled. —The disciples evidently thought that Jesus would conduct Himself outwardly as did the Jewish rabbis. Those teachers said: “Do not prolong c...
John 4:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 4:1-3 . When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea,...
John 4:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 4:1 . When therefore the Lord knew how the pharisees, chiefly priests, and many of them principal members of the council, had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John. Th...
John 4:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

When therefore the Lord knew The first visit to Samaria I. THE STORY ITSELF. 1. The memorable halt ( John 4:1-6 ). 2. The surprising request ( John 4:7-9 ). 3. The opened vista ( John...
John 4:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION John 4:1-43 7. The ministry and revelation of the Lord to those beyond the strict compass of the theocracy. This passage describes an incident of consummate interest, and re...
John 4:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The harvest in the kingdom of God:
John 4:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:11 ; 1 Peter 1:12 ; 2 Chronicles 36:15 ; Acts 10:37 ; Acts 10:38 ; Acts 10:42 ; Acts 10:43 ; Acts 2:41 ; Acts 4:32 ; Acts 4:4 ; Acts 5:14 ; Acts 6:7 ; Acts 8:14-17 ; Acts 8:4-...
John 4:38 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Missions in the Gospels John 4:28-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fourth chapter of John contains one of the most marvelous stories of the Word of God. It is beyond doubt a revelation of the heart o...
John 4:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I — he Lord of the whole harvest, have sent you — He had employed them already in baptizing, John 4:2 .

John 4:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 4:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 4:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 4:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 4:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 4:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 4:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 4:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 4:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 4:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 4:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 4:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 4:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 4:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 4:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 4:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 4:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 4:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 4:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 4:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 4:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 4:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 4:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 4:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 4:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 4:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 4:38 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 4:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes