Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
For herein (en gar toutw). In this relation between the sower and the reaper.
The saying (o logov). Like I Timothy 1:15; I Timothy 3:1, etc. Probably a proverb that is particularly true (alhqinov for which see John 1:9) in the spiritual realm.
One soweth, and another reapeth (allov estin o speirwn kai allov o qerizwn). "One is the sower and another the reaper." It is sad when the sower misses the joy of reaping (Job 31:8) and has only the sowing in tears (Psalms 126:5 f.). This may be the punishment for sin (Deuteronomy 28:30; Micah 6:15). Sometimes one reaps where he has not sown (Deuteronomy 6:11; Joshua 24:13). It is the prerogative of the Master to reap (Matthew 25:26 f.), but Jesus here lets the disciples share his joy.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 4:37:
Luke 10:21
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