Scene 06 · My food is to do His will

The Whitened Harvest

John 4:27–34 NKJV

The text

²⁷And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You talking with her?” ²⁸The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, ²⁹“Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” ³⁰Then they went out of the city and came to Him. ³¹In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” ³²But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” ³³Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?” ³⁴Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.”

Context

The disciples return and marvel — not that He spoke with a Samaritan, but that He spoke with a woman. They say nothing. She, meanwhile, leaves her waterpot: the errand that brought her, the shame that timed her visit, the jar that defined the noon. Her testimony is not polished. “Could this be the Christ?” is enough. The town comes out. And while they are on the way, Jesus tells His disciples what has been feeding Him all along.

Questions

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Question 1

What does the woman leave behind when she goes into the city?

Question 2

What does she say to the men of the city?

Question 3

When the disciples urge Him to eat, what does Jesus say is His food?

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