John 4:23 KJV

John · chapter 4 · verse 23

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.John 4:23 · King James Version

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John 4:23 in context

21Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

23But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

25The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

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Commentary

We have here an account of the good Christ did in Samaria, when he passed through that country in his way to Galilee. The Samaritans, both in blood and religion, were mongrel Jews, the posterity of those colonies which the king of Assyria planted there after the captivity of the ten tribes, with whom the poor of the…

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-26

Cross references

Key words (Strong's)

worshippersproskynētēsa worshipperG4353 →
worshipproskyneōto kiss the hand to one, in token of reverence, among the Orientals, esp. the Persians…G4352 →
seekethzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
cometherchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →

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