Joh 4:23 | NETfull | STEP | But a time is coming – and now is here – when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers.

John 4:23

23 But a time ^{▼▼ Grk “an hour.”} is coming – and now is here ^{▼▼ “Here” is not in the Greek text but is supplied to conform to contemporary English idiom.} – when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks ^{▼▼ See also John 4:27.} such people to be ^{▼▼ Or “as.” The object-complement construction implies either “as” or “to be.”} his worshipers. ^{▼▼ This is a double accusative construction of object and complement with τοιούτους (toioutous) as the object and the participle προσκυνοῦντας (proskunountas) as the complement.} ^{▼▼ The Father wants such people as his worshipers. Note how the woman has been concerned about where people ought to worship, while Jesus is concerned about who people ought to worship.}