That which ye know not (ο ουκ οιδατε). Cf. Acts 17:23. "You know whom to worship, but you do not know him" (Westcott). …

Ye worship ye know not what. This probably refers to the comparative ignorance and corruption of the Samaritan worship. Though they receiv…

For salvation is of the Jews.—This verse has severely tested critics who seek to construct the Gospel out of their judgme…

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, be…

St. John Chrysostom: The woman is not offended by Christ’s rebuke. She does not leave Him and go away. Far from it, her admira…

Jesus avoided the argument by elevating the issue above mere location. He made no concessions and intimated that the Samaritans’ worship was confus…

He now explains more fully what he had briefly touched on regarding the abolition of the Law, but he divides the substance of his discourse into tw…

You worship you know not what
However, as to her question, he more directly replies by condemning the Samaritans, an…

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 o…

1. At Jesus answered and said to her, the Evangelist gives us Christ’s spiritual teaching.

   First, he gives the teaching itse…