John 4:24

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 4:1-54

John 4:1 . When therefore the Lord knew how the pharisees, chiefly priests, and many of them principal members of the council, had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John. The priesthood was then powerful, as they had always been in the more prosperous ages of judaism. This order, with few exceptions, had ever been either indifferent or hostile towards the prophets. And in that very age they had winked at the murder of John, and probably had moved Herod to arrest him,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 4:1-42

John 4:1-42When therefore the Lord knewThe first visit to SamariaI.THE STORY ITSELF. 1. The memorable halt (John 4:1-6). 2. The surprising request (John 4:7-9). 3. The opened vista (John 4:10). 4. The proud reminiscence (John 4:11-12). 5. The perennial fountain (John 4:13-14). 6. The weary request (John 4:15). 7. The merciful wound (John 4:16-18). 8. The everlasting debate (John 4:19-20). 9. The majestic annunciation (John 4:21-24). 10. The sublime claim (John 4:25-26). 11. The marvellous... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 4:20-29

John 4:20-29Our fathers worshipped in this mountainThe advent of Christ in relation to the heathenThis is the first mission to the heathen.I. Our Lord’s MISSIONARY METHOD. He tries to excite in the woman a longing for something higher than the life she was living. In order to do this He touches her conscience and lays His finger on her sin. She, seeing that she is in the presence of a prophet, embraces the opportunity of getting settled a long-standing controversy. In His reply, our Lord does... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 4:23-24

John 4:23-24The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippersWorshipI.ITS GROUNDS OR REASONS. 1. The perfection of the Divine character. “God is a Spirit.” These words are (1) A mystery, because spirit, like matter, is unknown to us in its essence. We are acquainted with some of the sensible properties of matter, such as extension, figure, colour, etc.; but what the substance is which underlies these we do not understand. So also of spirit; we see its manifold manifestations; we feel, and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 4:24

John 4:24God is a Spirit, and they that worship Hill must worship Him in spirit and in truthGod is a SpiritThere are two ways of knowing and describing God--Affirmatively, which ascribes to Him whatever is excellent; Negatively, which separates from Him whatever is imperfect.The first is like a painting, which adds one colour to another to make a lovely picture; the other like a carving, which cuts away what is superfluous. The latter is the easier. When we say that God is infinite, immense,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 4:24

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Ver. 24. God is a Spirit ] Omnes nominis Iehovae literae sunt spirituales ut denotetur Deum esse spiritum. (Alsted.) Though, to speak properly, God is not a spirit. For, first, spirit signifies breath, which indeed is a body, but because it is the finest body, the most subtle and most invisible, therefore immaterial substances, which we are not able to conceive, are represented unto us under this name.... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 4:24

a Spirit: 2 Corinthians 3:17, 1 Timothy 1:17 must: 1 Samuel 16:7, Psalms 50:13-Ezra :, Psalms 50:23, Psalms 51:17, Psalms 66:18, Isaiah 57:15, Matthew 15:8, Matthew 15:9, 2 Corinthians 1:12 Reciprocal: Exodus 20:24 - altar Deuteronomy 4:16 - the likeness Joshua 24:14 - serve 1 Samuel 7:3 - prepare 1 Chronicles 28:9 - serve him Psalms 50:16 - What Psalms 51:6 - Behold Psalms 93:5 - holiness Psalms 103:1 - all that Psalms 145:18 - call upon Proverbs 15:8 - sacrifice Isaiah 48:1 - not in truth... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 4:24

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.God is a Spirit — Not only remote from the body, and all the properties of it, but likewise full of all spiritual perfections, power, wisdom, love, holiness. And our worship should be suitable to his nature. We should worship him with the truly spiritual worship of faith, love, and holiness, animating all our tempers, thoughts, words, and actions. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:7-26

Conversation of Jesus with the woman of Samaria, John 4:7-26. Upon this memorable narrative we may remark: 1. It stands in striking comparison with the Lord’s discourse with Nicodemus. The one was indeed with a leading metropolitan Doctor of the Jews, the latter with a poor country woman, and a Samaritan at that. The former shows our Lord’s dealing with, and mastery over, and development of, the higher minds of the day, in bringing them from their proud half-scepticism to the deepest and most... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:24

24. God is a Spirit Herein God and incorporeal man agree that both are mind, personality, or spirit. And being of the same nature, they are able to blend and commune, spirit with spirit, the inferior in worship of the Superior. In spirit and in truth No bodily kneelings are sufficient; no ritual, no praying by machinery; nothing suffices unless our soul by strong grasp apprehends God; unless our inmost spirit commune with the divine Spirit. Father seeketh such As the spirit of the devout... read more

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