# John 4.25

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

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 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>
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> **25. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh (he that is called Christ): when he is come, he will declare unto us all things.**
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> 26. Jesus saith unto her, <span class="rl-speech">I that speak unto thee am he.</span> 27. And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her? (John 4:23-27, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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>
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> **25. The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”**
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> 26. Jesus said to her, <span class="rl-speech">“I am he, the one who speaks to you.”</span> 27. At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?” (John 4:23-27, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 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>
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> **25. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.**
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> 26. Jesus saith unto her, <span class="rl-speech">I that speak unto thee am he.</span> 27. And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? (John 4:23-27, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 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>
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> **25. The woman saith to him, 'I have known that Messiah doth come, who is called Christ, when that one may come, he will tell us all things;'**
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> 26. Jesus saith to her, <span class="rl-speech">'I am [he], who am speaking to thee.'</span> 27. And upon this came his disciples, and were wondering that with a woman he was speaking, no one, however, said, 'What seekest thou?' or 'Why speakest thou with her?' (John 4:23-27, 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; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [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/)
- [Psychology of Lowered Defenses](/codex/psychology-of-lowered-defenses/), via [John 4.7-26](/codex/john-4-7-26/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G3004 - lego](/codex/g3004-lego/)

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## 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.