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Worship Requires Knowledge
Commentators stress that true worship is not based on sincerity or tradition alone, but on knowledge from God's self-revelation in Scripture. Jesus contrasts the Samaritans' 'ignorant' worship, which rejected the prophets, with the Jews' 'knowing' worship, which was founded upon God's Word. As John Calvin notes, without this revealed knowledge, people worship a 'phantom or idol' of their own making.
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Albert Barnes
On John 4:22
18th Century
Theologian
Ye worship ye know not what. This probably refers to the comparative ignorance and corruption of the Samaritan worship. Though they receiv…
AT Robertson
On John 4:22
That which ye know not (ο ουκ οιδατε). Cf. Acts 17:23. "You know whom to worship, but you do not know him" (Westcott). …
Charles Ellicott
On John 4:22
19th Century
Bishop
For salvation is of the Jews.—This verse has severely tested critics who seek to construct the Gospel out of their judgme…
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Charles Spurgeon
On John 4:21–22
19th Century
Preacher
The hour is coming, when you will neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father. You worship what you do not know: we know …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 4:22
Jesus avoided the argument by elevating the issue above mere location. He made no concessions and intimated that the Samaritans’ worship was confus…
John Calvin
On John 4:22
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On John 4:22
17th Century
Pastor
You worship you know not what
However, as to her question, he more directly replies by condemning the Samaritans, an…
Matthew Henry
On John 4:4–26
17th Century
Minister
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…