Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
Parallel translations
- WEB The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
- BSB So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
- NKJV Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?”
- NASB So the disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?”
- NLT “Did someone bring him food while we were gone?” the disciples asked each other.
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Quick answer
The disciples take Jesus literally and wonder if someone fed Him. Their confusion highlights the spiritual meaning they have missed.
Overview
As often in John's Gospel, the hearers understand Jesus' words on a merely physical level. Their puzzlement underscores the gap between earthly thinking and the spiritual realities Jesus reveals. It prepares the way for His explanation in the next verse.
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Cross-references · 2
- Luke 9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
- Matt 16:6–11Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
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