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|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.

|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.

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|But the hour is coming, in fact, it's already here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in both spirit and truth, for these are the kind of worshipers the Father really wants.

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|God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

|God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

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|God is spirit, and those who worship Him must do so in spirit and in truth.

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|The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

|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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|The woman responded, "I know that the Messiah, also called Christ, is coming; when He comes, He will reveal everything to us."

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|The Samaritans had as strong an expectation for the arrival of the Messiah as the Jews had; partly because He would free Israel, and partly because they believed He was going to vindicate their doctrines.

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|Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

|Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

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|Jesus said to her, "I, the one speaking to you, am he."

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|Final evidence that the Jews preserved the Word of God more faithfully than the Samaritans: God sent the Messiah through the Jews, not the Samaritans.

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|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?

|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?

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|At that very moment his disciples arrived and were astonished that he spoke with a woman, but no one dared ask "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking to her?"

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|The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

|The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

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|The woman just dropped her bucket and rushed back into the city, where she told the people,

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|Although it technically means "man," ἄνθρωπος is a man as distinguished from a non-human, in other words, a person. ἀνήρ is a man as distinguished from a woman, or a child, in other words, an adult male. Thus, "people, or person" is actually a more accurate translation than "man" of ἄνθρωπος under most circumstances.

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