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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 4:24

God. See App-98 ., with Art. Contrast John 1:1 . a Spirit = spirit: i.e. not flesh, or material substance. Not "a" Spirit. must . Note this absolute condition. Compare John 4:4 ; John 3:7 , John 3:14 , John 3:30 ; John 9:4 ; John 10:16 ; John 12:34 ; John 20:9 , &c. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:22

Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.Ye know not ... The Samaritan worship (see under John 4:7) was faulty in several important factors. It was founded upon only a part of the word of God (the Pentateuch), and even that part was not strictly obeyed. Also, many polluting elements of paganism had been incorporated into it.That which we know ... Thus Jesus affirmed the truth of the Old Testament and the validity of the covenant with the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:23

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.The hour cometh and now is ... indicates that a new dispensation was about to be initiated by Jesus Christ. Within only four years after this interview, all of the regulations concerning the worship of God in Jerusalem were superseded by the ordinances and requirements of the new covenant. Jesus was already baptizing thousands who would,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:24

God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.God is a Spirit ... The countless anthropomorphisms of the Old Testament probably caused Jesus to set such a statement as this over against them all. God may be spoken of in terms of the activities of men, such as walking, seeing, hearing, etc., but there is a sense in which God is not like man at all. God is a Spirit, eternal, immortal, invisible, omniscient, ubiquitous, omnipotent, and all-pervading. He is above all... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 4:22

John 4:22. Ye worship ye know not what:— The Samaritans worshipped the true God, and seem to have had as just notions of his perfections in general as the Jews; for they drew them from the five books of Moses, the authority of which they acknowledged. If so, the meaning of the clause in the original, can hardly be what our version has affixed to it, Ye worship ye know not what; but its proper translation seems to be, Ye worship the Deity whom ye do not know; viz. "by any revelation which he has... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 4:23

John 4:23. But the hour cometh,— The thing you are chiefly concerned to know is, that a dispensation of religion is now beginning, under which all languages, countries, and places being sanctified, men are to worship God, not in Jerusalem, but in spirit; by offering the sacrifice, not of beasts, but of themselves; to love and obey him in all things, which is the truth of worship; thething signified by every sacrifice and service enjoined in the law, and whatalone was acceptable to the Father,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 4:24

John 4:24. God is a Spirit, &c.— As a further answer to the woman's question, our great Teacher delivered a doctrine which may justly be called his own, as it exhibits an idea of the Supreme Being, and of the worship due to him, far more sublime than the best things which the philosophers have said on that subject. God is a Spirit, &c. "God is the supreme mind or intelligence, who by one act sees the thoughts of all other intelligences, and therefore may be worshipped in every place.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:22

22. Ye worship ye know not what—without any revealed authority, and so very much in the dark. In this sense, the Jews knew what they were about. But the most glorious thing here is the reason assigned, for salvation is of the Jews—intimating to her that Salvation was not a thing left to be reached by any one who might vaguely desire it of a God of mercy, but something that had been revealed, prepared, deposited with a particular people, and must be sought in connection with, and as issuing from... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:23

23. hour cometh, and now is—evidently meaning her to understand that this new economy was in some sense being set up while He was talking to her, a sense which would in a few minutes so far appear, when He told her plainly He was the Christ. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:24

21-24. Woman, c.—Here are three weighty pieces of information: (1) The point raised will very soon cease to be of any moment, for a total change of dispensation is about to come over the Church. (2) The Samaritans are wrong, not only as to the place, but the whole grounds and nature of their worship, while in all these respects the truth lies with the Jews. (3) As God is a Spirit, so He both invites and demands a spiritual worship, and already all is in preparation for a spiritual economy, more... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 4:24

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:22

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:23

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 4:24

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 4:22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 4:23

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 4:24

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:22

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:23

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 4:24

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