that the words and now is are added lest the woman should think that she must seek a dwelling in Judea.
True (aAnduwol). eal, genuine. See oni. 9.
Worshippers (7pocxuyytai). Only here in the New Testa- ment.
In spirit and in truth (év avevpare nai adm9ela). Spirit (veda) is the highest, deepest, noblest part of our humanity, the point of contact between God and man (Rom. i. 9); while soul (xrvy7) is the principle of individuality, the seat of personal impressions, having a side in contact with the material element of humanity as well as with the spiritual element, and being thus the mediating element between the spirit and the body. The phrase in spirit and in truth describes the two essential characteristics of true worship: in spirit, as distinguished from place or form or other sensual limitations (ver. 21); in truth, as distinguished from the false conceptions resulting from im- perfect knowledge (ver. 22). True worship includes a spiritual sense of the object worshipped, and a spiritual communion with it; the manifestation of the moral consciousness in feel- ings, motions of the will, “moods of elevation, excitements,” etc. It includes also a truthful conception of the object. In Jesus the Father is seen (xiv. 9) and known (Luke x. 22). Thus the truthful conception is gained. He is the Truth (xiv. 6). Likewise through Him we come to the Father, and spiritually commune with Him. No man can come in any other way (xiv. 6). To worship in truth is not merely to wor- ship in sencerity, but with a worship corresponding to the nature of its object.
For the father («al yap 6 wartnp). The A. V. fails to ren- der xal also, and Rev. places it in the margin. It emphasizes the conclusiveness of the reason assigned: “for the Father also, on His part, seeketh,” etc. For a similar use of kal, see on Matt. viii. 9; also Matt. xxvi. 73; Acts xix. 40.
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