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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 4:38 - 4:38
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38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
Ver. 38. Other men have laboured] Laboured even to lassitude, as the word
êåêïðéáêáóé
signifies (
êïðéáù, êïðôù
). The ministry is not then an easy trade, an idle man’s occupation. Luther was wont to say, Sudor aeconomicus est magnus, Politicus maior, Ecclesiasticus maximus, The householder hath somewhat to do, the magistrate more, but the minister most of all.