John 4:22
20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
- KJV
- Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
- WEB
- You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
- ASV
- Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
- DARBY
- Ye worship ye know not what; we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews.
- BLB
- You⁺ worship what you⁺ do not know; we worship what we know, because salvation is of the Jews.
- ÅB
- Dere tilber det dere ikke kjenner, vi tilber det vi kjenner; for frelsen kommer fra jødene;
- OTB
- Dere samaritanere tilber det dere ikke kjenner; vi tilber det vi kjenner, for frelsen kommer fra jødene.
- B1930
- I tilbeder det I ikke kjenner, vi tilbeder det vi kjenner; for frelsen kommer fra jødene;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 17:23
For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.
Read in contextRomans 9:4–5
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:3
And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Read in contextLuke 24:47
and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
Read in contextActs 17:30
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
Read in contextPsalms 147:19
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
Read in contextRomans 3:1–2
What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
Read in contextZephaniah 3:16–17
On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.
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