John 4:8

New Living Translation

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
because his disciples had gone into town to buy food.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

New Life Bible
His followers had gone to 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.

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.

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

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.

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

Contextual Overview

⁴ He had to go through Samaria on the way. ⁵ Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶ Jacob's well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. ⁷ Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink." ⁸ He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food. ⁹ The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, "You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?" ¹⁰ Jesus replied, "If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water." ¹¹ "But sir, you don't have a rope or a bucket," she said, "and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water? ¹² And besides, do you think you're greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?" ¹³ Jesus replied, "Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty 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
When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord .

Genesis 4:6
"Why are you so angry?" the Lord asked Cain. "Why do you look so dejected?

Genesis 4:9
Afterward the Lord asked Cain, "Where is your brother? Where is Abel?" "I don't know," Cain responded. "Am I my brother's guardian?"

Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!

Genesis 4:12
No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."

Genesis 4:15
The Lord replied, "No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.

Genesis 4:24
If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!"

Genesis 4:26
When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the Lord by name.

2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner arrived back at Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gateway as if to speak with him privately. But then he stabbed Abner in the stomach and killed him in revenge for killing his brother Asahel.

2 Samuel 14:6
My two sons had a fight out in the field. And since no one was there to stop it, one of them was killed.

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.