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John 4:24 KJV
John · chapter 4 · verse 24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.John 4:24 · King James Version
What John 4:24 means
Jesus says this to a woman who had just asked which mountain was the right one to worship on. He answers that the place was never the question. Spirit and truth are both required — sincerity without truth is only feeling, and truth without spirit is only information.
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John 4:24 in context
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.
26Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
Commentary
Cross references
- 2 Corinthians 3:17
- Matthew 15:8-9
- Philippians 3:3
- Psalms 51:17
- Isaiah 57:15
- 1 Samuel 16:7
- 1 Timothy 1:17
- Psalms 66:18
Key words (Strong's)
- worshipproskyneōto kiss the hand to one, in token of reverence, among the Orientals, esp. the Persians…G4352 →
- Spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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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