John 4:38

John 4:38

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.”

The Savior of the World

39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him ^abecause of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.”

40 So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

41 And many more believed because of His own ^aword.

42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for ^awe ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed¹ the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

Welcome at Galilee

43 Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee.

44 For ^aJesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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I sent (egw apesteila). Emphatic use of egw and first aorist active indicative of apostellw common in John for to send.

Whereon ye have not laboured (o oux umeiv kekopiakate). Perfect active indicative of kopiaw for which see John 4:6. So also kekopiakasin in next line. The disciples had done no sowing here in Sychar, only Jesus and the woman.

Others (alloi: Jesus, the Baptist, the prophets).

And ye (kai umeiv). Emphatic contrast.

Have entered (eiselhluqate). Perfect active indicative of eiserxomai.

Into their labour (eiv ton kopon autwn). Into the fruit and blessed results of their toil (kopov). This is always true as seen in Acts 8:5-7, Acts 8:14 f.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 4:38:**

Mark 4:29
Luke 10:21

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