John 4:8

Geneva Bible

For his disciples were gone away into the citie, to buy meate.

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.

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 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.)

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 And he must needes goe through Samaria. ⁵ Then came hee to a citie of Samaria called Sychar, neere vnto the possession that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph. ⁶ And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then wearied in the iourney, sate thus on the well: it was about the sixt houre. ⁷ There came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus sayd vnto her, Giue me drinke. ⁸ For his disciples were gone away into the citie, to buy meate. ⁹ Then sayde the woman of Samaria vnto him, Howe is it, that thou being a Iewe, askest drinke of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Iewes meddle not with the Samaritans. ¹⁰ Iesus answered and saide vnto her, If thou knewest that gift of God, and who it is that saieth to thee, Giue mee drinke, thou wouldest haue asked of him, and hee woulde haue giuen thee, water of life. ¹¹ The woman saide vnto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to drawe with, and the well is deepe: from whence then hast thou that water of life? ¹² Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and hee himselfe dranke thereof, and his sonnes, and his cattell? ¹³ Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe:

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
And in processe of time it came to passe, that Kain brought an oblation vnto the Lorde of the fruite of the ground.

Genesis 4:6
Then ye Lord said vnto Kain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance cast downe?

Genesis 4:9
Then the Lorde said vnto Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? Who answered, I cannot tell. Am I my brothers keeper?

Genesis 4:10
Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.

Genesis 4:12
When thou shalt till the grounde, it shall not henceforth yeelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabond and a runnagate shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 4:15
Then the Lord said vnto him, Doubtlesse whosoeuer slayeth Kain, he shalbe punished seue folde. And the Lord set a marke vpon Kain, lest any man finding him should kill him.

Genesis 4:24
If Kain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech, seuentie times seuen folde.

Genesis 4:26
And to ye same Sheth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enosh. Then beganne men to call vpon the name of the Lord.

2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was come againe to Hebron, Ioab tooke him aside in the gate to speake with him peaceably, and smote him vnder the fift ryb, that he dyed, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

2 Samuel 14:6
And thine handmayd had two sonnes, & they two stroue together in the fielde: (and there was none to part them) 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.