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30 So[a] they left the town and began coming[b] to him.

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31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,[c] “Rabbi, eat something.”[d] 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:30 tn “So” is supplied for transitional smoothness in English.
  2. John 4:30 sn The imperfect tense is here rendered began coming for the author is not finished with this part of the story yet; these same Samaritans will appear again in v. 35.
  3. John 4:31 tn Grk “were asking him, saying.”
  4. John 4:31 tn The direct object of φάγε (phage) in Greek is understood; “something” is supplied in English.