# Connecting Statement:

Jesus continues speaking to the Samaritan woman.

# However, the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will

"However, it is now the right time for true worshipers to"

# the Father

This is an important title for God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples]])

# in spirit and truth

Possible meanings are the "spirit" here is 1) the inner person, the mind and heart, what a person thinks and what he loves, different from where he goes to worship and what ceremonies he performs, or 2) the Holy Spirit. Alternate translation: "in the Spirit and in truth" or "with the Spirit's help and in truth"

# in ... truth

thinking correctly of what is true about God