I sent you to reap that on which you bestowed no labor: other men labored, and you are entered into their labors.
All Commentaries on John 4:38 Go To John 4
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
By these words our Saviour testifies to his disciples, that the prophets had sown the seed in order to bring men to believe in Christ. This was the end of the law, this the fruit which the prophets looked for to crown their labours. He likewise shows that he himself that sent them, likewise sent the prophets before them; and that the Old and New Testament are of the same origin, and have the same design. (St. Chrysostom in St. Thomas Aquinas)
