John 4:22
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
KJV
ὑμεῖς προσκυνεῖτε ὃ οὐκ οἴδατε, ἡμεῖς προσκυνοῦμεν ὃ οἴδαμεν, ὅτι ἡ σωτηρία ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐστίν·
Greek NT
Vos adoratis quod nescitis : nos adoramus quod scimus, quia salus ex Judæis est.
Vulgate
Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
ASV
You adore that which you know not: we adore that which we know. For salvation is of the Jews.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
προσκυνέω
proskuneo
verb · 59×
σωτηρία
soteria
noun · 45×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§586Far from having been hostile to the Temple, where he gave the essential part of his teaching, Jesus was willing to pay the Temple-tax, associating with him Peter, whom he had just made the foundation of his future Church.359 He even identified himself with the Temple by presenting himself as God's definitive dwelling-place among men.360 Therefore his being put to bodily death36…
2. Do you see how many prizes, how many crowns, He appoints for this race? If he had been tempting, He would not have told him these things. But now He both says it, and in order to draw him on, He also shows him the reward to be great, and leaves it all to his own will, by all means throwing into the shade that which seemed to be grievous in His advice. Wherefore even before m…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210230.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Q. What belongs to a prayer that pleases God and is heard by him? A. First, we must pray from the heart to no other than the one true God, who has revealed himself in his Word, asking for everything he has commanded us to ask for. Second, we must acknowledge our need and misery, hiding nothing, and humble ourselves in his majestic presence. Third, we must rest on this unshakabl…
The things said concerning Christ fall into four generic modes. For some fit Him even before the incarnation, others in the union, others after the union, and others after the resurrection. Also of those that refer to the period before the incarnation there are six modes: for some of them declare the union of nature and the identity in essence with the Father, as this, I and My…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:5 — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
- 2Chr 13:10 — But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
- 2Kgs 17:27 — Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
- Acts 17:23 — For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
- Acts 17:23 — For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
- Acts 17:24 — God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
- Acts 17:30 — And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
- Eph 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
- Ezra 4:2 — Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king
- Gen 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
- Heb 7:14 — For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
- Isa 2:3 — And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Z
- Isa 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Isa 12:6 — Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
- Isa 46:13 — I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
- Jer 3:23 — Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
- Jonah 2:9 — But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
- Jude 1:25 — To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
- Luke 24:47 — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
- Matt 10:5 — These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
- Ps 68:20 — He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
- Ps 147:19 — He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
- Rev 7:10 — And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
- Rom 3:1 — What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
- Rom 9:4 — Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
- Zech 9:9 — Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an
- Zeph 3:16 — In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.