John 4:21 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 4:4-26

We have here an account of the good Christ did in Samaria, when he passed through that country in his way to Galilee. The Samaritans, both in blood and religion, were mongrel Jews, the posterity of those colonies which the king of Assyria planted there after the captivity of the ten tribes, with whom the poor of the land that were left behind, and many other Jews afterwards, incorporated themselves. They worshipped the God of Israel only, to whom they erected a temple on mount Gerizim, in... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 4:15-21

4:15-21 The woman said to him: "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not thirst, and so that I will not have to come here to draw water." Jesus said to her: "Go, call your husband, and come back here." The woman answered: "I have not got a husband." Jesus said to her: "You spoke well when you said, 'I have not got a husband.' For you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. This is the truth that you have told." The woman said to him: "Sir, I see that you are a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:21

Jesus saith unto her, woman, believe me ,.... In what I am now going to say, since you own me to be a prophet: the hour cometh ; the time is at hand; it is very near; it is just coming: when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem , worship the Father ; that is, God, whom the Jews, and so the Samaritans, knew under the character of the Father of all men, as the Creator and preserver of them; for not God as the Father of Christ, or of the saints by adopting grace,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:21

The hour cometh, etc. - The time was now at hand in which the spiritual worship of God was about to be established in the earth, and all the Jewish rites and ceremonies entirely abolished. Worship the Father - This epithet shows the mild, benignant, and tender nature of the Gospel dispensation. Men are called to worship their heavenly Father, and to consider themselves as his children. In reference to this, our Lord's prayer begins, Our Father, who art in heaven, etc. See John 4:23 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:21

Verse 21 21.Woman, believe me. In the first part of this reply, he briefly sets aside the ceremonial worship which had been appointed under the Law; for when he says that the hour is at hand when there shall be no peculiar and fixed place for worship, he means that what Moses delivered was only for a time, and that the time was now approaching when the partition-wall (Ephesians 2:14) should be thrown down. In this manner he extends the worship of God far beyond its former narrow limits, that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:1-42

7. The ministry and revelation of the Lord to those beyond the strict compass of the theocracy. This passage describes an incident of consummate interest, and records a specimen of our Lord's intercourse with individuals, and the reaction of that instruction upon the disciples. The event is a solitary chink through which the light of historical fact falls upon an otherwise darkened and unknown period of the Saviour's life. When we skirt a forest we see at intervals, where by some... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:7-26

(2) The revelations and misunderstandings comprised in the interview with the Samaritaness. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:21

Jesus saith unto her, Woman , £ believe me —a unique expression of Jesus, answering to the ἀμὴν ἀμὴν , of many other passages, where the acknowledgment of his Divine commission had been virtually ceded; this expression is peculiarly suitable to the occasion— that an hour is coming. He does not add, as in John 4:23 , "and now is." The Divine order which links the events of God's providence together, has not made it possible as yet in its fulness, as it will do when the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:21

Worship and holy places. The superstition of the Samaritan woman gave occasion to the utterances by Christ of his sublime revelation regarding the spirituality of worship. There was competition between the Samaritans, who performed their devotions upon the summit of Gerizim, and the Jews, to whom Jerusalem was the holy city and the temple the house of God. Jesus put aside this controversy and rivalry, and passed from it to the enunciation of specially Christian truth. I. THERE IS A... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:21-24

(d) The spiritual nature of God and his worship. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 4:4-26

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 4:15-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:21

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:1-42

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:7-26

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:21

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:21

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:21-24

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