John 4:8

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

for, his disciples, had gone away into the city, that, food, they might buy.

Parallel Translations

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

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

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.

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.)

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.)

English Standard Version
(For his disciples had 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.

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.)

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.)

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

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.

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.

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

Contextual Overview

⁴ Now he must needs pass through Samaria. ⁵ He cometh, therefore, unto a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground which Jacob gave unto Joseph his son. ⁶ Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, therefore, having become toil-worn with the journey, was sitting thus, upon the fountain. It was about the sixth hour. ⁷ There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her - Give me to drink! ⁸ for, his disciples, had gone away into the city, that, food, they might buy. ⁹ The Samaritan woman, therefore, saith unto him - How dost, thou, being, a Jew, ask to drink, of me, who am, a Samaritan woman? for, Jews, have no dealings with Samaritans. ¹⁰ Jesus answered, and said unto her - If thou hadst known the free gift of God, and who it is that is saying unto thee, Give me to drink, thou, wouldst have asked him, and he would have given thee living water. ¹¹ She saith unto him - Sir! not even a bucket, hast thou, - and, the well, is, deep: - Whence, then, hast thou the living water? ¹² Art, thou, greater than, our father Jacob, who gave us the well, - and, himself, out of it drank, and his sons, and his flocks? ¹³ Jesus answered, and said unto her - Whosoever drinketh 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
So it came to pass, after certain days, that Cain brought in of the fruit of the ground, a present to Yahweh:

Genesis 4:6
So then Yahweh said unto Cain, - Wherefore hath it angered thee, and wherefore hath thy countenance fallen?

Genesis 4:9
Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I?

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,

Genesis 4:12
Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee. A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 4:15
And Yahweh said to him - Not so, whosoever slayeth Cain seven - fold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him.

Genesis 4:24
If, sevenfold, be, the avenging of Cain, Then, of Lamech, seventy and seven.

Genesis 4:26
And to Seth - to him also, was born a son, and he called his name Enosh, - then, was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh.

2 Samuel 3:27
So Abner returned to Hebron, and Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate, to speak with him quietly, - and then smote him there, in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel the brother of Joab.

2 Samuel 14:6
Now, thy maidservant, had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, with none to tear them apart, - so the one smote the other, and slew 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.