King James Version
John 4:32 in the King James Version says “But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.” — study this verse from John chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.”
John 4:32 · KJV
Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
Therefore said the disciples one to another , Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“meat”
G1035(abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively)
“have”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“know”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
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