Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his cattle?"
Next it was the disciples who interpreted Jesus’ words literally instead of figuratively. This time the subject was food. Jesus told them that his strength came from obedience to the will of God. That was his real food, and he intended to keep feeding on it till he finished the work he came to do (John 4:31-34).