Study it in the app“But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father seeks such people as those who worship him.”
Jesus tells the Samaritan woman the Father seeks worshipers in spirit and truthPraise and worship
Butἀλλὰan hourὥραis coming,ἔρχεταιandκαὶisἐστινnow here,νῦνwhenὅτεthe trueοἱ ἀληθινοὶworshipersπροσκυνηταὶwill worshipπροσκυνήσουσινthe Fatherτῷ πατρὶinἐνspiritπνεύματιandκαὶtruth;ἀληθείᾳforκαὶ γὰρthe Fatherὁ πατὴρseeksζητεῖsuch peopleτοιούτουςas those whoτοὺςworshipπροσκυνοῦνταςhim.αὐτόν
moment
The instant set by God, like that of Jesus' death.
Where else “hōra” appearsarrive
For a time or event to come: "the hour is coming".
Where else “erchetai” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearstrue
True, genuine, real.
Where else “alēthinoi” appearsworshiper
Worshiper; one who worships God.
Where else “proskynētai” appearsworship
To give honor and devotion to God, or other gods.
Where else “proskynēsousin” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patri” appearsSpirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumati” appearstruth
What God reveals of himself and his plan, received by believing.
Where else “alētheiai” appearsseek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zētei” appearssuch
Such, of this kind.
Where else “toioutous” appears22You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 · This verse (above)
24God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask of the Samaritan woman at the well, and what does he offer her? (vv. 7-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says God seeks worshipers who worship “in spirit and truth.” What answer does he give to her question about the place? (vv. 20-24)
3. How I live it
The woman left her water jar and told others what had happened to her (vv. 28-29). Whom could you invite to “come and see” something good?
