John 4:34

New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Ἰησοῦς

Iēsoûs

G2424

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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unto them My

אֹכֶל

ʼôkel

H400

food

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is to do the will of him that

שָׁלַח

shâlach

H7971

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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me and to

כָּלָה

kâlâh

H3615

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

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his

מַעֲשֶׂה

maʻăseh

H4639

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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Key Terms in This Verse

finish H3615

כָּלָה kâlâh

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

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meat H400

אֹכֶל ʼôkel

food

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work H4639

מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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sent H7971

שָׁלַח shâlach

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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Jesus G2424

Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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saith H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References

John 6:38 cross-reference

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John 5:30 cross-reference

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

Job 23:12 cross-reference

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

John 17:4 cross-reference

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

John 19:30 cross-reference

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

Matthew 26:39 cross-reference

And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

John 4:32 cross-reference

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

John 5:36 cross-reference

But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

Luke 19:10 cross-reference

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Psalm 40:8 cross-reference

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

Luke 15:10 cross-reference

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Hebrews 12:2 cross-reference

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

John 6:33 cross-reference

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

Acts 20:35 cross-reference

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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