John 4:22
20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23 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.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him 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 passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Read in contextRomans 9:4–5
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Read in contextIsaiah 2:3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Read in contextLuke 24:47
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Read in contextActs 17:30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Read in contextPsalms 147:19
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Read in contextRomans 3:1–2
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Read in contextZephaniah 3:16–17
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
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