Joh 4:34 | RWP | e4.org | To do the will ( ινα ποιησω το θελημα ). Non-final use of ινα and the first aorist active subjunctive as subject or predicate nominative as in ; ; . The Messianic consciousness of Jesus is clear and steady ( ; ). He never doubted that the Father sent him. And to accomplish his work ( κα τελειωσω αυτου το εργον ). Hινα understood with τελειωσω in like idiom, first aorist active subjunctive of τελειοω (from τελειος ), to bring to an end. See . In (the Intercessory Prayer) he will say that he has done ( τελειωσας ) this task which the Father gave him to do. On the Cross Jesus will cry Τετελεστα (It is finished). He will carry through the Father's programme ( ). That is his "food." He had been doing that in winning the woman to God.

‏ John 4:34

To do the will ( ινα ποιησω το θελημα ). Non-final use of ινα and the first aorist active subjunctive as subject or predicate nominative as in 6:29; 15:8; 17:3. The Messianic consciousness of Jesus is clear and steady (5:30; 6:38). He never doubted that the Father sent him.

And to accomplish his work ( κα τελειωσω αυτου το εργον ). Hινα understood with τελειωσω in like idiom, first aorist active subjunctive of τελειοω (from τελειος ), to bring to an end. See 5:36. In 17:4 (the Intercessory Prayer) he will say that he has done ( τελειωσας ) this task which the Father gave him to do. On the Cross Jesus will cry Τετελεστα (It is finished). He will carry through the Father's programme (Joh 3:16). That is his "food." He had been doing that in winning the woman to God.