John 4:36 - Barnes' Notes

John 4:36

34 Jesus said to them, ^a“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to ^bfinish His work.

35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes ^athe harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, ^bfor they are already white for harvest!

36 ^aAnd he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that ^bboth he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

37 For in this the saying is true: ^a‘One sows and another reaps.’

38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; ^aothers have labored, and you have entered into their labors.”

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John 4:36

He that reapeth - He that gathers the harvest, or he who so preaches that souls are converted to Christ.

Receiveth wages - The laborer in the harvest receives his hire. Jesus says it shall be thus with those who labor in the ministry - he will not suffer them to go unrewarded. See Daniel 12:3; Matthew 19:28.

Gathereth fruit unto life eternal - Converts souls, who shall inherit eternal life. The harvest is not temporary, like gathering grain, but shall result in eternal life.

That both he that soweth ... - It is a united work. It matters little whether we sow the seed or whether we reap the harvest. It is part of the same work, and whatever part we may do, we should rejoice. God gives the increase, while Paul may plant and Apollos water. The teacher in the Sunday school, who sows the seed in early life, shall rejoice with the minister of the gospel who may gather in the harvest, and both join in giving all the praise to God.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing John 4:36:

Amos 9:14

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