# John 4.22

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 20. <span class="rl-speech">Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.</span> 21. Jesus saith unto her, <span class="rl-speech">Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.</span>
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> **22. <span class="rl-speech">Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.</span>**
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> 23. <span class="rl-speech">But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.</span> (John 4:20-24, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 20. <span class="rl-speech">Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”</span> 21. Jesus said to her, <span class="rl-speech">“Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.</span>
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> **22. <span class="rl-speech">You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.</span>**
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> 23. <span class="rl-speech">But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”</span> (John 4:20-24, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 20. <span class="rl-speech">Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.</span> 21. Jesus saith unto her, <span class="rl-speech">Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.</span>
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> **22. <span class="rl-speech">Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.</span>**
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> 23. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.</span> (John 4:20-24, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 20. <span class="rl-speech">our fathers in this mountain did worship, and ye, ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it behoveth to worship.'</span> 21. Jesus saith to her, <span class="rl-speech">'Woman, believe me, that there doth come an hour, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father;</span>
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> **22. <span class="rl-speech">ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews;</span>**
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> 23. <span class="rl-speech">but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him;</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">God [is] a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'</span> (John 4:20-24, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G4991 - soteria](/codex/g4991-soteria/), *soteria*, Strong's G4991
- [G1492 - oida](/codex/g1492-oida/), *oida*, Strong's G1492

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from the Holy-Place Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-holy-place-convergence/), via [John 4.21-24](/codex/john-4-21-24/)
- [Gentiles Cannot Be Saved Objection Defeater](/codex/gentiles-cannot-be-saved-objection-defeater/), via [John 4.21-24](/codex/john-4-21-24/)
- [Jesus is Jacobs Ladder](/codex/jesus-is-jacobs-ladder/), via [John 4.21-24](/codex/john-4-21-24/)
- [Jesus Never Founded Christianity Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-never-founded-christianity-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [Five Pillars of Islam](/codex/five-pillars-of-islam/), via [John 4.21-24](/codex/john-4-21-24/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 4](/codex/john-4/)
- [OT Sexual-Violence Laws](/codex/ot-sexual-violence-laws/), via [John 4.7-30](/codex/john-4-7-30/)
- [Preaching to Non-Believers](/codex/preaching-to-non-believers/), via [John 4.7-26](/codex/john-4-7-26/)
- [Psychology of Lowered Defenses](/codex/psychology-of-lowered-defenses/), via [John 4.7-26](/codex/john-4-7-26/)
- [Was Jesus Palestinian](/codex/was-jesus-palestinian/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G2435 - hilasterion](/codex/g2435-hilasterion/), via [John 4.21-24](/codex/john-4-21-24/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.