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31. ἐν τῷ μετ. Between her departure and their arrival.
ἠρώτων. Were beseeching Him (Joh 4:40; Joh 4:47): they had left him exhausted with the journey (Joh 4:6), and they urge, not their own wonder (Joh 4:27), but His needs.
Ῥαββί. See on Joh 1:39. Here and in Joh 9:2 and Joh 11:8 our translators have rather regrettably turned ‘Rabbi’ into ‘Master’ (comp. Mat 26:25; Mat 26:49; Mar 9:5; Mar 11:21; Mar 14:45); while ‘Rabbi’ is retained Joh 1:38; Joh 1:49, Joh 3:2; Joh 3:26, Joh 6:25 (comp. Mat 23:7-8). Apparently their principle was that wherever a disciple addresses Christ, ‘Rabbi’ is to be translated ‘Master;’ in other cases ‘Rabbi’ is to be retained; thus obscuring the view which the disciples took of their own relation to Jesus. He was their Rabbi.