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Verse 23. _THE TRUE WORSHIPPERS SHALL WORSHIP - IN SPIRIT_] The
worship of the Samaritans was a _defective_ worship - they did not
receive the prophetical writings: that of the Jews was a carnal
wors...
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BUT THE HOUR COMETH, AND NOW IS - The old dispensation is about to
pass away, and the new one to commence. “Already” there is so much
light that God may be worshipped acceptably in any place.
THE TRU...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. He Must Needs Pass Through Samaria. (John 4:1 .)_
2. At Sychar's Well; Jesus and the Samaritan Woman. (John 4:6 .)
3. The Woman's Witness and the Believing Samaritans. (John 4:27 .)...
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IV. 1- 42. CHRIST IN SAMARIA.
John 4:1. Christ and the Samaritan Woman. The Lord (for the title _cf.
John 6:23_, John 11:2; John 20:20;...
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THE HOUR COMETH, AND NOW IS, WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPERS SHALL WORSHIP
THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH.
This verse is linked with verse 21st. The time is at hand, says the
Lord, when. worship of forms, o...
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"You do not know what you are worshipping. We do know what we worship,
because the world's salvation has its origin among the Jews. But the
hour is coming--the hour is now here--when the real worshipp...
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BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
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COMETH, AND NOW IS. is coming, and is now on its way. Its coming
depended on the repentance of the nation, when all the prophecies
would have been fulfilled. See Acts 3:18.
TRUE. real. See note on Jo...
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Doubt has been thrown on this narrative in three different ways. (1)
On _a priori_grounds. How could the Samaritans, who rejected the
prophetical books, and were such bitter enemies of the Jews, be
ex...
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_the hour cometh_ As before, _there cometh_ AN _hour_. What follows,
_and it is now here_, could not be added in John 4:21. The local
worship on Gerizim and Zion must still continue for a while; but t...
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"We shall surely be justified in attributing the wonderful words of
John 4:21; John 4:23-24, to One greater even than S. John. They seem
to breathe the spirit of other worlds than ours -of worlds whos...
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John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work
We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the
Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among
_Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
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ΚΑῚ ΝΥ͂Ν ἘΣΤΊΝ. These words could not be added in John
4:21. The local worship on Zion and Gerizim must continue for a while.
But already a few are rising above these externals to the spirit of
true w...
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21–24. “We shall surely be justified in attributing the wonderful
words of John 4:21; John 4:23-24, to One greater even than S. John.
They seem to breathe the spirit of other worlds than ours—‘of
worl...
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THE WORK AMONG SAMARITANS
The whole section is peculiar to S. John, and is evidently the
narrative of an eyewitness: of the Synoptists S. Luke alone, the
writer of ‘the Universal Gospel,’ mentions any...
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5–42. Doubt has been thrown on this narrative in four different
ways. (1) On a _priori_ grounds. How could the Samaritans, who
rejected the prophetical books, and were such bitter enemies of the
Jews,...
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Ver 19. The woman said to him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
20. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and you say, that in
Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21. Jesus sa...
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_THIS CAN BE THE CHRIST BECAUSE HE OFFERS LIVING WATER -- JOHN
4:1-26:_ At Jacob's well Jesus met a sinful, Samaritan woman. Some of
Jesus greatest teaching was done to just one student. He spoke to t...
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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 wo...
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TRUE WORSHIPPERS OF GOD
_Text 4:19-26_
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The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem
is the place...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 4:20-30
In the last chapter we continued our exposition of John 4 down to the
end of verse 19. It is of surpassing interest to follow the course of
the Savior’s...
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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.
BUT THE HOUR COMETH (OR, 'BUT THERE COMETH AN...
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19 The ancient controversy between Jerusalem and Samaria was most
bitter in connection with the proper place of worship. Of course
Jerusalem was right and Samaria was wrong, for God had chosen the cit...
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4:23 hour (b-3) Or 'an hour,' as ch. 5.25,28, and see Note, 1 John
2:18 ....
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THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
1-42. Christ in Samaria. The ministry in Samaria is recorded because
it is the author's design to exhibit Christ as the Saviour, not only
of Israel, but of the world (John 4:42)....
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IN SPIRIT] i.e. with true inward reverence, as distinguished from mere
outward observance. IN TRUTH] i.e. with true holiness of life.
'Truth,' in St. John, is not only correct belief, but also practic...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 4
JESUS TALKS TO A WOMAN IN *SAMARIA 4:1-26
V1 The *Pharisees heard that Jesus was *baptising more people than
John the...
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BUT THE HOUR COMETH. — Better, as in John 4:21, _but there cometh an
hour._ He adds to this thought, what He could not add to the previous
one, “and now is.” Local worship was not yet giving way to
sp...
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CHAPTER 10
JESUS DECLARES HIMSELF.
“The woman answered and said unto Him, I have no husband. Jesus
saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: for thou hast had
five husbands; and he whom th...
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There is this great distinction between Jew and Samaritan, ἀλλʼ
ἔρχεται ὥρα … καὶ ἀληθείᾳ, but
notwithstanding that it is to the Jews God has especially revealed
Himself as Saviour, the hour has now c...
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THE TRUE WORSHIP OF THE FATHER OF ALL
John 4:15-26
What a train of memories our Lord's words evoked! A spasm of remorse
seized the woman, as she remembered the grave within her heart where
her first...
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The words, "He must needs pass through Samaria" are arresting. The
final explanation must be found in His dealing with the woman of
Samaria. In itself, it is a radiant revelation of His method as He l...
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But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall
worship the Father in (g) spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh
such to worship him.
(g) This word "spirit" is to be taken here a...
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Now is the time approaching, when the true adorers shall adore the
Father in spirit and in truth, without being confined to any one
temple or place; and chiefly in spirit, without such a multitude of...
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CHAPTER 10
JESUS PREACHES TO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
John 4:1-41. _“When our Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that
Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John (indeed, Jesus
himself did not...
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“ _But the hour cometh and now is, when the true worshipers shall
worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for also the Father seeketh
such worshipers._ 24. _God is spirit, and they that worship him...
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ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
XX.
With reference to particular points in John 4:21-26 the following
suggestions may be offered:
1. In the words of John 4:21 we may see from the outset tha...
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I. JESUS AND THE SAMARITAN WOMAN: JOHN 4:1-26.
In this first phase we see how Jesus succeeds in awaking faith in a
soul which was a stranger to all spiritual life. The historical
situation is describ...
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SECOND SECTION: 4:1-42. JESUS IN SAMARIA.
The first phase of the public ministry of Jesus is ended. Unbelief on
the part of the masses, faith on the part of a few, public attention
greatly aroused, su...
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And he must needs go through Samaria. (5) Then cometh he to a city of
Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that
Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (6) Now Jacob's well was there. J...
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The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject
which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the
most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
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23._But the hour cometh. _Now follows the latter clause, about
repealing the worship, or ceremonies, (81) prescribed by the Law. When
he says that _the hour cometh, _or _will come_, he shows that the...
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And now Jesus, being driven away by the jealousy of the Jews, begins
His ministry outside that people, while still acknowledging their true
position in the dealings of God. He goes away into Galilee;...
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BUT THE HOUR COMETH, AND NOW IS, WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPPERS,.... The
worshippers of the true God, and who worship in a right manner,
whether Jews or Samaritans, or of whatsoever nation:
SHALL WORSHIP...
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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.
Ver. 23. _The Father seeketh such_] Oh, how sho...
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_But the hour cometh and now is_ The fixed and stated time, concerning
which it was of old determined when it should come, even the _accepted
time_ and _day of salvation._ And when our Lord thus spoke...
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WORSHIP THE FATHER; in heart, with sincere love and devotion, in every
place where they may be. Men are prone to think too much of the place
and mode of religious worship. God regards the state of the...
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BUT THE HOUR COMETH, AND NOW IS, WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPERS SHALL
WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH; FOR THE FATHER SEEKETH SUCH
TO WORSHIP HIM....
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A question as to true worship:...
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A SAMARITAN WOMAN GIVEN THE WATER OF LIFE
(vs.1-26)
The Lord now leaves Judea because He knew the Pharisees' thoughts as
to His baptizing more disciples than John. Not that the Lord Himself
did the...
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4-26 There was great hatred between the Samaritans and the Jews.
Christ's road from Judea to Galilee lay through Samaria. We should not
go into places of temptation but when we needs must; and then m...
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Under the gospel, and the kingdom of the Messiah, which is yet further
coming, and is already began in the world, the true worshippers of God
shall not worship him, as you Samaritans, who worship you...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
Or go to the bee, and learn how laborious she is; for she, feeding on
the whole meadow, produces one honey-comb. And if "thou prayest in the
closet," as the Lord...
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John 4:23 But G235 hour G5610 coming G2064 (G5736) and G2532 now G3568
is G2076 (G5748) when...
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THE SAMARITAN WOMAN (JOHN 4:4).
In this story of the Samaritan woman in John 4:4 Jesus depicts Himself
as the Gift of God Who can give men living water (John 4:10), and can
thus give men a spring of w...
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. “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers
will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such does the Father
seek to be his worshippers. God is Spirit, and they who worship h...
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John 4:23. BUT AN HOUR COMETH, AND NOW IS, WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPPERS
SHALL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH. This verse links itself
with both the preceding John 4:21-22. To no place of special...
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The general object aimed at in the relation of the story of Nicodemus
in chap. 3 is pursued in the account given us in this section of the
interview of Jesus, first with the Samaritan woman, and then...
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AND NOW IS
(κα νυν εστιν). See this same phrase in John 5:25. This item
could not be added in verse John 4:21 for local worship was not
abolished, but spiritual independence of place was called for...
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SPIRIT
That the Holy Spirit is meant is clear for (John 4:24)....
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John 4:23
The Spirituality of Worship
I. What is it to worship God in spirit and in truth? And why did the
Father seek such to worship Him? In order to answer this question
satisfactorily we must con...
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John 4:19
God is Spirit; worship in spirit
I. Christ lived in another region than that of religious quarrel. To
Him, both Judaism and Samaritanism were worn-out forms of truth, and
He came to put the...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), he left Judaea, and d...
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I have often read this chapter in your hearing, and you have often
read it yourselves; but the Word of God is not like the grapes of an
earthly vine, which when once trodden are exhausted. You may com...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea, and d...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), he left Judaea, and d...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea, and d...
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John 4:1. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea, and de...
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CONTENTS: Jesus and the Samaritan woman. The indwelling Spirit. The
nobleman's son healed.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Pharisees, Jacob,
Joseph, woman of Samaria, her husband, n...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the pharisees,_ chiefly
priests, and many of them principal members of the council, _had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John._ The p...
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WILL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. A worship of "ritual
and holy places" will not meet the demands of the Father. The
"childhood age" is about to terminate, and the Gospel Age is
beginnin...
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_The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers_
WORSHIP
I. ITS GROUNDS OR REASONS.
1. The perfection of the Divine character. “God is a Spirit.”
These words are
(1) A mystery, because spir...
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_Ye worship ye know not what_
THE TRUE WORSHIP
I. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE SAMARITANS AND THE JEWS.
1. Samaritan worship was offered in ignorance. They were little better
qualified than the Athen...
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_Our fathers worshipped in this mountain_
THE ADVENT OF CHRIST IN RELATION TO THE HEATHEN
This is the first mission to the heathen.
I. Our Lord’s MISSIONARY METHOD. He tries to excite in the woman a...
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_When therefore the Lord knew_
THE FIRST VISIT TO SAMARIA
I. THE STORY ITSELF.
1. The memorable halt (John 4:1).
2. The surprising request (John 4:7).
3. The opened vista (John 4:10).
4.
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CHAPTER 4
_When therefore Jesus knew_, &c.... _than John_, that is, than John
_had_ made and baptized, says S. Augustine (lib. 2 _, de cons. Evang.,
c._ 18), for John was now in prison. For thes...
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_But the hour cometh,_ &c. Now is the time of the New Law of My
Gospel, in which the true worshippers, namely, Christians, whether
Jews, or Samaritans, or of other nations, being converted unto Me,
sh...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 4:1. These verses form an historical introductory note prefixed
to and explaining our Lord’s ministry in Samaria. He left Judæa to
avoid conflict with the Pharis...
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EXPOSITION
JOHN 4:1
7. _The ministry and revelation of the Lord to those beyond the
strict compass of the theocracy. _This passage describes an incident
of consummate interest, and records a specime...
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Now when the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and
baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized
none, but his disciples,) (John 4:1)
Now this can mean one of t...
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1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Samuel 12:24; Ephesians 6:18;...
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And now is. This could not be added in ver. 21, because local worship
was not yet abolished; but it was true as regarded the true worship of
the Father by His true worshippers, for Jesus was already s...
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THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
John 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we enter this remarkable story, we wish to suggest three distinct
things concerning our Lord.
1. THE LORD WEARY AND WORN. We read that "being we...
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The true worshippers shall worship the Father — Not here or there
only, but at all times and in all places....