tlnotlon from this, toe Jows, to whom o.s 11, Codex, "in tho epirit of tho truth." 1 But nation you rightly oonolude I belong, nnd "spirit'' here does not refer to the Holy n.s n. representn.tive of whom I speo.k-We Bririt, but to the epirit of mnn-thnt part worship that whioh we know. Christ in o me.n'e constitution through which he this place, more diatiuctly perhn.ps tbnn in most eepccia.lly beare the im11ge of God, n.ny portion of tho four Gospels, plo.ces him- n.nd with which the Divine Spirit deals, self as a worshipper sido by side with his and in which be dwells (Rom. viii. 26). hearers. Here, moreover, he identifies him- The worship in epirit is worship con- aelf with' the Jews-becomes their inter- trasted with o.11 mere carnal concomitants, preter o.nd mouthpiece n.nd represcntntive. all mere sho.dowe of the good things to When a question n.rises, which of the two come, all mere ritual, all specialtiee of has the ln.rgcr amount of truth,Jew or Gen- place, or time, or eo.crament, or order. It tile, Jew or Samaritn.n, he pronounced in need not be in despite of a genuine rever- stringent terms in favour of the Jew. The ence for daye, or seasons, or postures, or revolntion ndvn.noing beyond the narrow wBShings, but in absolute indepenilence of limitations of So.mnritn.n nntionnlity as to them, and they, without this, will be a.c- place, nntl time, and historic foct, with its tually valueless. And in truth.; i.e. as deal- pregnant ritunl, ho.s revealed the Fnther ing with reality, the adeque.te and veracious to us Jews, in this respect and beoause the expression of genuine desires and verit&blo salvation of which Moses partly dreo.med, emotions; ,,,.i -yii.p, nam et (ver. 9). For but which has been the burden of every pro- indeed also the Father seeketh auoh to be his phecy aud pso.lm-the "salvo.tion" which worshippers. Luthnrdt and Meyer differ gives meo.ning to a.II our knowledge, is as to the emphe.sis. Meyer insists that tho from {l1t1 not "belonging to,'' but "proceed- 1t1&l -y&p lays stress on the word which im- ing from," eh. i. 4.6; vii. 22, 52) the J'ews. medio.tely follows, and he refers to 1 The Jews hn.ve been the school where the Cor. xiv. 8 as not contrndiclin~ the rnle. highest lessons have been tnught, the He would render, " For the Father also on richest experiences felt, the noblest lives his part seeketh," etc. Lutho.rdt se.ys that lived, the types n.nd shadows of good things the new thought ie to be fonnd in (71Te,, to come most conspicuous. We cannot avoid and therefore upon this the empho.sis is rending between the lines the sublime en- laid. Westcott, by many po.ssages, such as thusiasm which Paul gathered from this Mo.tt. viii. 9 ; xxvi. 73; l'Io.rk x. 45; Luke clues of teaching(" To whom pertaineth the vi. 32, etc., urges that ""l -yo.p "alleges 11 adoption, . . . and covenant, ... whose nre reason which is nssumed to be conclusive the fn.thers, and to whom were committed from the nnture of the co.se." The whole the oracles of God, . . . and from whom sentence is therefore covered by the expres- e.s concerning the flesh Christ =e "). The sion, "For tho Fe.ther also on his part utterance is_ profoundly significn.ut, as it is seeketh. those as worshippera of him who o. powerful repudiation of the theory which worship him in spirit o.nd in truth." A mo.kes the author of this Fourth Gospel a slight contrast is felt between the regimen Gentile of the second century, with a of 1rpoa1tuveiv with accuso.tive, here e.gain in- Gnostic R.Dtipathy to Jude.ism und Jews. troduceJ, following upon that with dative in The contmdiotion to this theory indubitably the first clause. l\Ioultou would render tho involved in this verse has led to the wildest first clo.uso, "offer worship to the }father," conjectures - even the suggestion of o. and the second by " worship him." The Jewish gloss on some ancient manuscripts Father is now seeking, by the ministry of his of the Gospel ho.a been one despero.te device Son, by the gift of his Spirit, for those who to save the theory. Tant pis pour ks fai/.3. o.pproo.ch him with deeply felt need and trne Ver. 23.-l!nt the hour oometh, and now affection, in spirit, not in ceremony, in ii-already the day has duwned, the new truth, not in hypocritical or heartless pro- conoeption is bren.king like "awful rose of fession. This is o.nother indication of the dn.wn" upon the minds of some-when the high truth to.ught in the prologue (eh. i. -l, veritable I worshippers-those who answor 9; iii. 21; xviii. 3S, see notes) that there to the ideo. of worshippers, those who ac- 11re Vl\St differences among men, even an- tually dro.w near to the Fo.ther in living terior to their reception of the perfect reve- fellowship nnd o.ffcotiono.te appreciation of l11tion of the Fl\ther's heart in Christ Jesus. his eternn.l Name-shall worship the Father "'file life is the light of men." There are in spirit and in truth. An old misreading those who "do the trnth " and a.re " of tho of this toxt, accepted by some F11thers, and truth," who "worship God in spirit and in based upon the ideo. expressed in oh. ui. truth." The whole gospel dispenso.tion hi 18, has found expression in the Sinaitio o. soorch for these. Ver. 2·1:.-A still more explicit llolld compre- 1 See note on eh. i. 9 for the differenoe
ha\ween A>..1191is and «A118wds. 170 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. [CR, IV, 1-54,