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Verse 22. _YE WORSHIP YE KNOW NOT WHAT_] The Samaritans believed in
the same God with the Jews; but, as they rejected all the prophetical
writings, they had but an imperfect knowledge of the Deity: b...
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YE WORSHIP YE KNOW NOT WHAT - This probably refers to the comparative
ignorance and corruption of the Samaritan worship. Though they
received the five books of Moses, yet they rejected the prophets, a...
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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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SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS.
In the controversy between the Jews and Samaritans, the former were
right on the great issue. The Samaritans, worshiped, but knew not what
they worshiped, because they rejec...
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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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YE WORSHIP... WHAT. See 2 Kings 17:24, esp. John 4:33.
SALVATION. the salvation [which the prophets foretold]. Compare Luke
2:30....
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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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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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"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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_ye know not what_ Or, THAT WHICH YE KNOW NOT. The Samaritan religion,
even after being purified from the original mixture with idolatry (2
Kings 17:33; 2 Kings 17:41), remained a mutilated religion;...
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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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Ὃ ΟΥ̓Κ ΟἼΔ. THAT WHICH YE KNOW NOT. The higher truth having
been planted for the future, Christ proceeds to answer her question as
to the present controversy. The Samaritan religion, even after being...
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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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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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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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DISCOURSE: 1617
SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS
John 4:22. _Salvation is of the Jews_.
THIS is part of the answer of our blessed Lord to the Samaritan woman.
He had taken occasion, from an observation of he...
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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,
t...
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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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Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation
is of the Jews.
YE WORSHIP YE KNOW NOT WHAT; WE KNOW WHAT WE WORSHIP, [ ho (G3739)
ouk (G3756) oidate (G1492) ... ho...
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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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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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'We Jews understand the nature of the God we worship: you Samaritans
do not. We have the Psalmists and Prophets to teach us the meaning of
spiritual religion: you reject all but the ceremonial LAW OF...
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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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FOR SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS. — This verse has sorely tried critics
who seek to construct the Gospel out of their judgments of what it
should be. It can be no difficulty to those who seek to form thei...
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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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ὑμεῖς προσκυνεῖτε ὃ οὐκ οἴδατε. The
distinction between Jewish and Samaritan worship lies not in the
difference of place, but of the object of worship. The neuter refers
abstractly to the object of wo...
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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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The Israelites, on account of their innumerable sins, had been
delivered by the Almighty into the hands of the king of Assyria, who
lead them all away captives into Babylon and Medea, and sent other
n...
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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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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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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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VER. 22. “ _Ye worship that which ye do not know; we worship that
which we know, because salvation comes from the Jews._ ”
The antithesis, which is so clearly marked between _ye_ and _we_
proves, what...
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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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He now explains more largely what he had briefly glanced at about the
abolition of the Law; but he divides the substance of his discourse
into two parts. In the former, he charges with superstition an...
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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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YE WORSHIP YE KNOW NOT WHAT,.... However, as to her question, he more
directly replies by condemning the Samaritans, and their ignorance in
worship, and by approving the Jews; and so manifestly gives...
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Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is
of the Jews.
Ver. 22. _We know what we worship_] Christ also, as man, worshippeth,
being less than himself as God. Christ is wor...
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_Ye worship ye know not what_ Or rather, as the original words,
υμεις προσκυνειτε ο ουκ οιδατε, _ye worship
what ye know not_, that is, ye Samaritans are ignorant, not only of
the place, but, in a gre...
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WE KNOW WHAT WE WORSHIP; the Jews had both a divinely appointed system
of worship, and a clear revelation from God of his nature and the
service required by him. The Samaritans received only the five...
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A question as to true worship:...
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YE WORSHIP YE KNOW NOT WHAT; WE KNOW WHAT WE WORSHIP; FOR SALVATION IS
OF THE JEWS....
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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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You have no certain rule for your worship, but only do things which
your fathers did, without any revelation of the Divine will, by which
you may be assured that what you do is acceptable to God. We k...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV
the Samaritan to the Jew, inasmuch as "salvation was of the
Jews,"[1410]...
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John 4:22 You G5210 worship G4352 (G5719) what G3739 not G3756 know
G1492 (G5758) know G1492 ...
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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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John 4:22. YE WORSHIP THAT WHICH YE KNOW NOT: WE WORSHIP THAT WHICH WE
KNOW. The two questions at issue between Jews and Samaritans were
those of holy place and holy Scripture. The former, though of f...
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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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THAT WHICH YE KNOW NOT
(ο ουκ οιδατε). Cf. Acts 17:23. "You know whom to worship,
but you do not know him" (Westcott). The Samaritans rejected the
prophets and the Psalms and so cut themselves off...
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SALVATION
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
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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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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 de...
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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 d...
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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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WE JEWS KNOW WHOM WE WORSHIP. The Samaritans used only the first five
books of the Bible, and rejected the prophets who would have taught
them the truth. So, they worshiped in ignorance. The Jews used...
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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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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 4:22 YOU is plural, implying “You Samaritans.”
In saying WE WORSHIP WHAT WE KNOW Jesus identifies himself as a Jew.
SALVATION IS FROM THE JEWS. The whole OT, which taught about
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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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_Ye worship what (_ Arabic, _whom_) _ye know not_, &c. Here Christ
gives a direct answer to the woman, and decides the Jews to be in the
right in the controversy concerning the worship of God, condemn...
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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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2 Chronicles 13:10; 2 Kings 17:27; 2 Kings 17:41; Acts 17:23;...
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Ye know not what [ο ο υ κ ο ι δ α τ ε]. Literally, what ye
know not. Rev., rightly, that which ye know not. Compare Acts 17:23,
where the correct reading is o, what, instead of on, whom : "what
theref...
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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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Ye worship ye know not what — Ye Samaritans are ignorant, not only
of the place, but of the very object of worship. Indeed, they feared
the Lord after a fashion; but at the same time served their own...