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John 4:37 KJV
John · chapter 4 · verse 37
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.John 4:37 · King James Version
John 4:37 in context
35Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
37And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
38I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
39And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hereinenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- hereintoutōto this oneG5129 →
- sayinglogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- sowethesti"he/she/it is"G2076 →
- sowethspeirōto sow, scatter, seed, metaph. of proverbial sayingsG4687 →
- truealēthinosthat which has not only the name and resemblance, but the real nature corresponding to…G228 →
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We have here the remainder of the story of what happened when Christ was in Samaria, after the long conference he had with the woman. I. The interruption given to this discourse by the disciples' coming. It is probable that much more was said than is recorded;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-42