Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
My meat is, etc.--"A Servant here to fulfil a prescribed work, to do and to finish, that is 'meat' to Me; and of this, while you were away, I have had My fill." And of what does He speak thus? Of the condescension, pity, patience, wisdom He had been laying out upon one soul--a very humble woman, and in some respects repulsive too! But He had gained her, and through her was going to gain more, and lay perhaps the foundations of a great work in the country of Samaria; and this filled His whole soul and raised Him above the sense of natural hunger (Matthew 4:4).
meantime--that is, while the woman was away.
Master, eat--Fatigue and thirst we saw He felt; here is revealed another of our common infirmities to which the Lord was subject--hunger.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Micah 5:2
Acts 8:6-8
Acts 8:40
Revelation 2:17
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