John 4:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁸ (Now Jesus’ disciples had gone away to town to buy some food).

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ For His disciples had gone off into the town to buy food–

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.

Common English Bible

⁸ His disciples had gone into the city to buy him some food.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ For his disciples had gone into the city in order to buy food.

John 4:8 Cross References

John 4:39

Then many Samaritans from Sychar believed in Jesus because of the testimony of the woman, who said, “He told me everything that I ever did.”

John 4:5

So, He arrived at the Samaritan town called Sychar, which was near the piece of property that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Luke 9:13

But He said to the apostles, “You men give them something to eat.” But they replied, “We have only five loaves of [barley] bread [See John 6:9] and two [probably smoked] fish, unless we go and buy [more] food for all these people.”

John 2:2

and Jesus and His disciples had been invited to it also.

John 4:7

[About then] a Samaritan woman came [to the well] to draw water. Jesus said to her, “[Please] give me a drink.”

John 4:27

Just about then Jesus’ disciples returned [from town], and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. [Note: It was not customary for a Jewish male to engage a woman in extended conversation in that day, much less a stranger, and certainly not a Samaritan], yet no one said [to Him], “What are you looking for?” or “Why are you talking to her?”