John 4:6-8

4:6 Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside ¹  the well. It was about noon. ² 

4:7 A Samaritan woman ³  came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water ⁴  to drink.” 4:8 (For his disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies. ⁵ ) ⁶ 

John 4:30-34

4:30 So ⁷  they left the town and began coming ⁸  to him.

Workers for the Harvest

4:31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, ⁹  “Rabbi, eat something.” ¹⁰  4:32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 4:33 So the disciples began to say ¹¹  to one another, “No one brought him anything ¹²  to eat, did they?” ¹³  4:34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me ¹⁴  and to complete ¹⁵  his work. ¹⁶ 

[4:6]  ¹ tn Grk “on (ἐπί, epi) the well.” There may have been a low stone rim encircling the well, or the reading of Ì⁶⁶ (“on the ground”) may be correct.

[4:6]  ² tn Grk “the sixth hour.”

[4:7]  ³ tn Grk “a woman from Samaria.” According to BDAG 912 s.v. Σαμάρεια, the prepositional phrase is to be translated as a simple attributive: “γυνὴ ἐκ τῆς Σαμαρείας a Samaritan woman J 4:7.”

[4:7]  ⁴ tn The phrase “some water” is supplied as the understood direct object of the infinitive πεῖν (pein).

[4:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “buy food.”

[4:8]  ⁶ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author, indicating why Jesus asked the woman for a drink (for presumably his disciples also took the water bucket with them).

[4:30]  ⁷ tn “So” is supplied for transitional smoothness in English.

[4:30]  ⁸ 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.

[4:31]  ⁹ tn Grk “were asking him, saying.”

[4:31]  ¹⁰ tn The direct object of φάγε (fage) in Greek is understood; “something” is supplied in English.

[4:33]  ¹¹ tn An ingressive imperfect conveys the idea that Jesus’ reply provoked the disciples’ response.

[4:33]  ¹² tn The direct object of ἤνεγκεν (hnenken) in Greek is understood; “anything” is supplied in English.

[4:33]  ¹³ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here it is “did they?”).

[4:34]  ¹⁴ sn The one who sent me refers to the Father.

[4:34]  ¹⁵ tn Or “to accomplish.”

[4:34]  ¹⁶ tn The substantival ἵνα (Jina) clause has been translated as an English infinitive clause.