John 4:33
New International Version
Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

New Living Translation
“Did someone bring him food while we were gone?” the disciples asked each other.

English Standard Version
So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”

Berean Standard Bible
So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore the disciples were saying to one another, "No one brought Him anything to eat?"

King James Bible
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?

New King James Version
Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?”

New American Standard Bible
So the disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?”

NASB 1995
So the disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?”

NASB 1977
The disciples therefore were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?”

Legacy Standard Bible
So the disciples were saying to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?”

Amplified Bible
So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him something to eat?”

Christian Standard Bible
The disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought Him something to eat?”

American Standard Version
The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat?

Contemporary English Version
His disciples started asking each other, "Has someone brought him something to eat?"

English Revised Version
The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The disciples asked each other, "Did someone bring him something to eat?"

Good News Translation
So the disciples started asking among themselves, "Could somebody have brought him food?"

International Standard Version
So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one has brought him anything to eat, have they?"

Majority Standard Bible
So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

NET Bible
So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one brought him anything to eat, did they?"

New Heart English Bible
The disciples therefore said one to another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?"

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat?

Weymouth New Testament
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"

World English Bible
The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The disciples then said to one another, “Did anyone bring Him anything to eat?”

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore the disciples were saying to one another, "No one brought Him anything to eat?"

Young's Literal Translation
The disciples then said one to another, 'Did any one bring him anything to eat?'

Smith's Literal Translation
Then said the disciples to one another, Has any one brought him to eat?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The disciples therefore said one to another: Hath any man brought him to eat?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, the disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat?”

New American Bible
So the disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat?”

New Revised Standard Version
So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has brought him something to eat?”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The disciples said among themselves, Why, did any man bring him something to eat?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The disciples were saying among themselves, “Did someone bring him something to eat?”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Then the disciples said one to another: Has any one brought him food?

Godbey New Testament
Then His disciples were speaking to one another, Whether has any one brought Him something to eat?

Haweis New Testament
Then said his disciples to each other, Hath any person brought him ought to eat?

Mace New Testament
upon which the disciples said one to another, hath any man brought him any thing to eat?

Weymouth New Testament
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"

Worrell New Testament
The disciples, therefore, said to one another, "Has any one brought Him anything to eat?"

Worsley New Testament
Therefore the disciples said one to another, Hath any one brought Him aught to eat?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Disciples Return and Marvel
32But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 33So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?” 34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.…

Cross References
John 6:52
At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

John 3:4
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

John 7:35
At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

John 6:41-42
At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” / They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”

John 8:22
So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

Matthew 16:7-11
They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.” / Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread? / Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? ...

Mark 8:16-21
So they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. / Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts? / ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember? ...

Luke 9:45
But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Luke 18:34
But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.

Acts 10:17
While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.

Acts 2:12
Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 3:1-3
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. / I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready, / for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

2 Corinthians 3:14-15
But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed. / And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

Isaiah 6:9-10
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”


Treasury of Scripture

Therefore said the disciples one to another, Has any man brought him ought to eat?

Matthew 16:6-11
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees…

Luke 9:45
But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.

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1. Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria, and reveals his identity to her.
27. His disciples marvel.
31. He declares to them his zeal for God's glory.
39. Many Samaritans believe on him.
43. He departs into Galilee, and heals the ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum.














So the disciples asked one another
This phrase indicates a moment of confusion and curiosity among the disciples. The Greek word for "disciples" is μαθηταί (mathētai), which means learners or followers. In the context of first-century Judea, disciples were students who followed a rabbi to learn from his teachings and way of life. The disciples' questioning among themselves reflects their close-knit community and their shared journey of understanding Jesus' teachings. It also highlights their human nature, as they often grappled with the spiritual truths Jesus presented.

Could someone have brought Him food?
The disciples' question reveals their literal interpretation of Jesus' earlier statement about having food to eat that they did not know about (John 4:32). The Greek word for "food" is βρῶμα (brōma), which refers to physical sustenance. This moment underscores a recurring theme in the Gospel of John, where Jesus uses physical realities to point to deeper spiritual truths. The disciples' focus on physical food contrasts with Jesus' emphasis on spiritual nourishment, which He later clarifies as doing the will of the Father (John 4:34). This misunderstanding is a common motif in the Gospels, where Jesus' followers often struggle to grasp the spiritual significance of His words and actions.

(33) Hath any man brought him ought to eat?--The question expects the negative answer, "Surely no one hath brought Him anything to eat?" The only person with Him is this Samaritan woman. Surely she has not! They understand His words in the ordinary sense. He proceeds to explain their real meaning.

Verse 33. - Therefore the disciples (almost as obtuse as was Nicodemus, or the Samaritaness, or as the Jews generally were, in penetrating the hidden meaning of the Lord's words) unintentionally illustrate the parabolic method, the tissue of symbolic and metaphoric phrase which Jesus adopted throughout his ministry; they did not venture to question him further, but said one to another, Hath any one brought him aught to eat? Did that Samaritan woman or any other? They could not, or did not, rise to the spiritual or unseen, nor for the moment did they get beyond the pressing needs of the flesh. Still, in the form of their question they leave room for doubt, whether he had not been able to satisfy the craving of the flesh, to make stones into bread, or water into wine. Surely not? (The μήτις suggests a negative answer.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
So
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

disciples
μαθηταὶ (mathētai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3101: A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil.

asked
Ἔλεγον (Elegon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

one another,
ἀλλήλους (allēlous)
Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 240: One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.

“[Could]
Μή (Mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

someone
τις (tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

have brought
ἤνεγκεν (ēnenken)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5342: To carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known. A primary verb.

Him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

food?”
φαγεῖν (phagein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 5315: A primary verb; to eat.


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