John 4:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God is a Spirit, &c.— As a further answer to the woman's question, our great Teacher delivered a doctrine which may justly be called his own, as it exhibits an idea of the Supreme Being, and of the worship due to him, far more sublime than the best things which the philosophers have said on that subject. God is a Spirit, &c. "God is the supreme mind or intelligence, who by one act sees the thoughts of all other intelligences, and therefore may be worshipped in every place. And the worship of God must partake of his nature: his nature is spiritual; his worship should be so likewise. Faith and love, therefore, constitute the true spiritual worship which we owe to the Supreme Being, and which cannot but be acceptable to him, wherever offered."