John 4:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλʼ ἔρχεται ὥρα, καὶ νῦν ἐστιν, ὅτε οἱ ἀληθινοὶ προσκυνηταὶ προσκυνήσουσιν τῷ Πατρὶ ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθείᾳ: καὶ γὰρ ὁ Πατὴρ τοιούτους ζητεῖ τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας αὐτόν.

Transliteration

But erchetai hōra, and now estin, when the alēthinoi proskynētai proskynēsousin tō Patri en pneumati and alētheia: kai gar the Patēr toioutous zētei tous proskynountas auton.

Grammar Details

• *erchetai*: present middle indicative, 3rd singular - comes/is coming
• *hōra*: nominative feminine singular - hour/time
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *alēthinoi*: adjective, nominative masculine plural - true/genuine
• *proskynētai*: nominative masculine plural - worshipers
• *proskynēsousin*: future active indicative, 3rd plural - they will worship
• *Patri*: dative masculine singular - Father
• *en*: preposition + dative - in
• *pneumati*: dative neuter singular - spirit
• *alētheia*: dative feminine singular - truth
• *kai*: adverbial conjunction - and/also/even
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *Patēr*: nominative masculine singular - Father
• *toioutous*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative masculine plural - such
• *zētei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - seeks/is seeking
• *proskynountas*: present active participle, accusative masculine plural - worshiping
• *auton*: accusative masculine singular - him

Word Meanings

• *alēthinoi*: true/genuine/real/authentic
• *proskynētai*: worshipers/those who prostrate themselves
• *pneumati*: spirit/breath/wind
• *alētheia*: truth/reality/genuineness
• *zētei*: seeks/searches for/desires

Referenced Verses

• Phil 3:3 : 3 for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,
• Gal 4:6 : 6 and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!'
• John 5:25 : 25 `Verily, verily, I say to you -- There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live;
• John 12:23 : 23 And Jesus responded to them, saying, `The hour hath come that the Son of Man may be glorified;
• Matt 15:7-9 : 7 `Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me; 9 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.'
• John 1:17 : 17 for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
• Eph 6:18 : 18 through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints --
• Rom 8:26 : 26 And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth `us', we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 and ye `are' a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;
• Jude 1:20-21 : 20 And ye, beloved, on your most holy faith building yourselves up, in the Holy Spirit praying, 21 yourselves in the love of God keep ye, waiting for the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ -- to life age-during;
• John 4:21 : 21 Jesus saith to her, `Woman, believe me, that there doth come an hour, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father;
• Luke 18:11-13 : 11 the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer; 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things -- as many as I possess. 13 `And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!
• John 16:32 : 32 and now it hath come, that ye may be scattered, each to his own things, and me ye may leave alone, and I am not alone, because the Father is with me;
• Rom 1:9 : 9 for God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,
• Rom 8:15 : 15 for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba -- Father.'
• Josh 24:14 : 14 `And now, fear ye Jehovah, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Jehovah;
• 1 Sam 12:24 : 24 only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;
• 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 `And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.
• Ps 17:1 : 1 A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear `to' my prayer, without lips of deceit.
• Ps 32:2 : 2 O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
• Ps 51:6 : 6 Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.
• Ps 147:11 : 11 Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked `is' an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright `is' His delight.
• Song 2:14 : 14 My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice `is' sweet, and thy appearance comely.
• Isa 1:10-15 : 10 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah, 11 `Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated `with' burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired. 12 When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts? 13 Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it `is' to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint! 14 Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing. 15 And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.
• Isa 10:20 : 20 And it hath come to pass, in that day, The remnant of Israel, And the escaped of the house of Jacob, Do not add any more to lean on its smiter, And have leant on Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, in truth.
• Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Also, `in' the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited `for' Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance `Is' the desire of the soul. 9 `With' my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, `with' my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments `are' on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
• Isa 29:13 : 13 And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!
• Isa 43:21 : 21 This people I have formed for Myself, My praise they recount.
• Isa 48:1-2 : 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the name of Jehovah, And of the God of Israel make mention, Not in truth nor in righteousness. 2 For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name.
• Isa 58:2 : 2 Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire:
• Isa 58:8-9 : 8 Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee. 9 Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, `Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity, 10 And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness `is' as noon. 11 And Jehovah doth lead thee continually, And hath satisfied in drought thy soul, And thy bones He armeth, And thou hast been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters lie not. 12 And they have built out of thee the wastes of old, The foundations of many generations thou raisest up, And one calleth thee, `Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths to rest in.' 13 If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, `A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, `Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word. 14 Then dost thou delight thyself on Jehovah, And I have caused thee to ride on high places of earth, And have caused thee to eat the inheritance of Jacob thy father, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken!
• Isa 66:1-2 : 1 Thus said Jehovah: The heavens `are' My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where `is' this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where `is' this -- the place -- My rest? 2 And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.
• Jer 3:10 : 10 And even in all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned back unto Me with all her heart, but with falsehood, an affirmation of Jehovah.'
• Jer 4:2 : 2 And thou hast sworn -- Jehovah liveth, In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness, And blessed themselves in Him have nations, And in Him they boast themselves.
• Jer 7:7-9 : 7 Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, In the land that I gave to your fathers, From age even unto age. 8 Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit. 9 Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not. 10 And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,' In order to do all these abominations. 11 A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah. 12 But go ye, I pray you, Unto My place that `is' in Shiloh, Where I caused My name to dwell at first, And see that which I have done to it, For the wickedness of My people Israel.
• Ezek 22:30 : 30 And I seek of them a man making a fence, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land -- not to destroy it, And I have not found.