Joh 4:22 | RWP | e4.org | That which ye know not ( ο ουκ οιδατε ). Cf. . "You know whom to worship, but you do not know him" (Westcott). The Samaritans rejected the prophets and the Psalms and so cut themselves off from the fuller knowledge of God. We ( ημεις ). We Jews. Jesus is a Jew as he fully recognizes ( ). That which we know ( ο οιδαμεν ). Neuter singular relative as before. The Jews, as the chosen people, had fuller revelations of God ( .; ). But even so the Jews as a whole failed to recognize God in Christ ( , ; ). For salvation is from the Jews ( οτ η σωτηρια εκ των Ιουδαιων εστιν ). "The salvation," the Messianic salvation which had long been the hope and guiding star of the chosen people ( , , ; , ). It was for the whole world ( ), but it comes "out of" ( εκ ) the Jews. This tremendous fact should never be forgotten, however unworthy the Jews may have proved of their privilege. The Messiah, God's Son, was a Jew.

‏ John 4:22

That which ye know not ( ο ουκ οιδατε ). Cf. Ac 17:23. "You know whom to worship, but you do not know him" (Westcott). The Samaritans rejected the prophets and the Psalms and so cut themselves off from the fuller knowledge of God.

We ( ημεις ). We Jews. Jesus is a Jew as he fully recognizes (Mt 15:24).

That which we know ( ο οιδαμεν ). Neuter singular relative as before. The Jews, as the chosen people, had fuller revelations of God (Ps 147:19f.; Ro 9:3-5). But even so the Jews as a whole failed to recognize God in Christ (1:11, 26; 7:28).

For salvation is from the Jews ( οτ η σωτηρια εκ των Ιουδαιων εστιν ). "The salvation," the Messianic salvation which had long been the hope and guiding star of the chosen people (Lu 1:69, 71, 77; Ac 13:26, 47). It was for the whole world (Joh 3:17), but it comes "out of" ( εκ ) the Jews. This tremendous fact should never be forgotten, however unworthy the Jews may have proved of their privilege. The Messiah, God's Son, was a Jew.