World English Bible
"For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food."
— John 4:8, World English Bible
“(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)”
“For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food. ”
“(For his disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies.)”
“For his disciples were gone into the city to buy meats.”
“For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.”
“(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)”
So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.
Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."
For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water?