John 4:8

Green's Literal Translation

For His disciples had gone away into the city that they might buy provisions.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
None of his cowboys were there because they'd gone into town to get some food.

Legacy Standard Bible
For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

Bible in Basic English
For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.

Darby Translation
(for his disciples had gone away into the city that they might buy provisions).

New King James Version
For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

Christian Standard Bible®
for His disciples had gone into town to buy food.

World English Bible
For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(For his disciples were gone to the city to buy meat.)

Weymouth's New Testament
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.

King James Version (1611)
For his disciples were gone away vnto the city to buy meate.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
(For his disciples were gone their waye in to ye cite, to bye meate.)

Mace New Testament (1729)
for his disciples were gone away to the city to buy provisions.

Amplified Bible
For His disciples had gone off into the city to buy food—

American Standard Version
For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.

Revised Standard Version
For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For his disciples were gone awaye vnto the toune to bye meate.

Update Bible Version
For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

Webster's Bible Translation
(For his disciples had gone to the city to buy provisions.)

New Century Version
(This happened while Jesus' followers were in town buying some food.)

New English Translation
(For his disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies.)

Complete Jewish Bible
(His talmidim had gone into town to buy food.)

Geneva Bible (1587)
For his disciples were gone away into the citie, to buy meate.

George Lamsa Translation
His disciples had entered into the city to buy food for themselves.

Hebrew Names Version
For his talmidim had gone away into the city to buy food.

International Standard Version
For his disciples had gone off into town to buy food.

Etheridge Translation
Now his disciples had gone into the city to buy for them meat.

Murdock Translation
And his disciples had gone to the city, to buy themselves food.

New Living Translation
He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.

New Life Bible
His followers had gone to the town to buy food.

English Revised Version
For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.

Berean Standard Bible
(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

New Revised Standard
(His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.)

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for, his disciples, had gone away into the city, that, food, they might buy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For his disciples were gone into the city to buy meats.

King James Version
(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

Lexham English Bible
(For his disciples had gone away into the town so that they could buy food.)

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For his disciples were gone away, vnto the towne to bye meate.

Easy-to-Read Version
This happened while his followers were in town buying some food.

English Standard Version
(For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)

New American Standard Bible
For His disciples had gone away to the city to buy food.

Good News Translation
(His disciples had gone into town to buy food.)

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And hise disciplis weren gon in to the citee, to bie mete.

Young's Literal Translation
for his disciples were gone away to the city, that they may buy victuals;

Contextual Overview

⁴ And it was needful for Him to pass through Samaria. ⁵ And He came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the piece of land Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶ And Jacob's fountain was there. Then being wearied by the journey, Jesus sat thus on the fountain. It was about the sixth hour. ⁷ A woman came out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give Me some to drink. ⁸ For His disciples had gone away into the city that they might buy provisions. ⁹ Then the Samaritan woman said to Him, How do You, being a Jew, ask to drink from me, I being a Samaritan woman? For Jews do not deal with Samaritans. ¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who is the One saying to you, Give Me to drink, you would have asked Him, and He would give you living water. ¹¹ The woman said to Him, Sir, You have no vessel, and the well is deep. From where then do You have living water? ¹² Are You greater than our father Jacob who gave us the well, and he and his sons and his livestock drank out of it? ¹³ Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone drinking of this water will thirst again;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to buy: John 6:5-7, Luke 9:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:6 - General Genesis 30:1 - or else I die Proverbs 24:10 - thou John 6:30 - What Revelation 9:6 - shall men

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
And in the end of days, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Jehovah from the fruit of the ground.

Genesis 4:6
And Jehovah said to Cain, Why have you angrily glowed, and why has your face fallen?

Genesis 4:9
And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?

Genesis 4:10
And He said, What have you done? The voice of the blood of your brother cries to Me from the ground.

Genesis 4:12
When you till the ground, it will not again give its strength to you. You shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth.

Genesis 4:15
And Jehovah said to him, If anyone kills Cain, he shall be avenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, so that anyone who found him should not kill him.

Genesis 4:24
For Cain is avenged sevenfold, and Lamech seventy seven.

Genesis 4:26
And a son was also born to Seth, and he called his name, Enos. Then it was begun to call on the name of Jehovah.

2 Samuel 3:27
And Abner returned to Hebron. And Joab turned him aside into the middle of the gate, to speak with him privately. And he struck him in the belly there, and he died, because of the blood of his brother Asahel.

2 Samuel 14:6
And your servant had two sons. And the two of them fought in the field, and there was no deliverer between them. And the one struck the other, and killed him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For his disciples were gone away,.... This is related, not so much to give a reason why Christ asked the woman for water, because his disciples were not present, to minister to him; but rather to show, that Christ took the opportunity, in their absence, to converse with her; partly to avoid the scandal and offence they might take, at his conversation with her, being a Samaritan; as it appears to have been astonishing to them, when they found him talking with her, John 4:27. And partly, that he might not put the woman to shame and blushing before them all; he chooses to tell her of the sins of her former life, in a private way. The disciples were gone

unto the city: to the city Sychar, which was hard by; and their business there, was

to buy meat: for though it is said, in the following verse, that the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans; yet this is not to be understood in the strictest sense; for they had dealings with them in some respects, as will be seen hereafter; particularly their food, eatables, and drinkables, were lawful to be bought of them, and used: it is said by R. Juda bar Pazi, in the name of R. Ame g,

"a roasted egg of the Cuthites (or Samaritans), lo, this is lawful: says R. Jacob bar Acha, in the name of R. Lazar, the boiled victuals of the Cuthites (Samaritans), lo, these are free; this he says concerning boiled food, because it is not their custom to put wine and vinegar into it,''

for these were forbidden: hence it is often said h, that

"the unleavened bread of the Cuthites (or Samaritans), is lawful, and that a man is allowed the use of it at the passover.''

And there was a time when their wine was lawful; for one of their canons runs thus i;

"he that buys wine of the Cuthites (Samaritans), says, the two logs that I shall separate, lo, they are first fruits, c.''

It is indeed said in one place, R. Eliezer k

"that, he that eats the bread of the Cuthites (or Samaritans), is as if he eat flesh to when (who reported this) says (R. Akiba) be silent, I will not tell you what R. Eliezer thinks concerning it.''

Upon which the commentators serve l, that this is not to be understood strictly; cause he that eats bread of the Samaritans, does deserve stripes according to the law, but according to the constitutions of the wise men; but these, Christ and his disciples had no regard to.

g T. Hieros. Avoda Zara, fol. 44. 4. h T. Bab. Gittin, fol. 10. 1. & Cholin, fol. 4. 1. & Kiddushin, fol. 76. 1. i Misn. Demai, c. 7. sect. 4. Vid. Bartenora in ib. k Misna Sheviith, c. 8. sect. 10. Pirke Eliezer, c. 38. l Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. ib.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Buy meat - Buy food.