The hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem.

Now comes the announcement of one of the grandest truths revealed by Christ. The Jews said that men must worship at Jerusalem to worship acceptably; the Samaritans contended for Mt. Gerizim as the true holy place; the Mahometan insists on. pilgrimage to Mecca; the Catholic on praying at some holy shrine, but Christ says that the time even then was at hand when no holy place need be sought for worship.. little later God emphasized this lesson by the destruction of the temple at Jerusalem. In verse 23, the reason is given.

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