King James Version
John 4:33 in the King James Version says “Therefore said the disciples one to another , Hath any man brought him ought to eat?” — study this verse from John chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Therefore said the disciples one to another , Hath any man brought him ought to eat?”
John 4:33 · KJV
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.
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“said”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“one to another”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“Hath”
G5342to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
“him”
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
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