So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
We have here the remainder of the story of what happened when Christ was in Samaria, after the long conference he had with the woman. I. The interruption given to this discourse by the disciples' coming. It is probable that much more was said than is recorded; but just when the discourse was brought to a head, when Christ had made himself known to her...
Commenting on John 4:27-42
Therefore said the disciples one to another,.... Privately, among themselves, though in his hearing; at least he knew what they said by answer; hath any man; or anyone, any angel from heaven, or any of the inhabitants of the city, or any man or woman, or this woman they had found him talking with: brought him ought to eat?
Verse 33. Hath any man brought him, &c. This is one of the many instances in which the disciples were slow to understand the Saviour.