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Joh 4:8. Γάρ, for) Had the disciples been present to have drawn for Him, Jesus would not have asked the woman.-[82] ἵνα) That they might buy food. When afterwards sent to teach, for the sake of teaching, they did not enter the Samaritan towns.
[82] μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, His disciples) The Twelve were not at that time yet chosen; yet it is likely they were with Him in this journey. Not merely two, but all entered the town; the novelty of which circumstance seems to have stimulated the men, the more readily in consequence, afterwards to give ear to the woman.-V. g.