Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
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Gill's Exposition
Ye worship ye know not what,.... However, as to her question, he more directly replies by condemning the Samaritans, and their ignorance in worship, and by approving the Jews; and so manifestly gives…
Barnes' Notes
Ye worship ye know not what - This probably refers to the comparative ignorance and corruption of the Samaritan worship. Though they received the five books of Moses, yet they rejected the prophets,…
Adam Clarke
Ye worship ye know not what - The Samaritans believed in the same God with the Jews; but, as they rejected all the prophetical writings, they had but an imperfect knowledge of the Deity: besides, as…
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…
Cambridge Bible
ye know not what Or, that which ye know not. The Samaritan religion, even after being purified from the original mixture with idolatry (2Ki 17:33; 2Ki 17:41), remained a mutilated religion; the…
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