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That which ye know not (ho ouk oidate). Cf. Act 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 (hēmeis). We Jews. Jesus is a Jew as he fully recognizes (Mat 15:24).
That which we know (ho oidamen). Neuter singular relative as before. The Jews, as the chosen people, had fuller revelations of God (Psa 147:19.; Rom 9:3-5). But even so the Jews as a whole failed to recognize God in Christ (Joh 1:11, Joh 1:26; Joh 7:28).
For salvation is from the Jews (hoti hē sōtēria ek tōn Ioudaiōn estin). “The salvation,” the Messianic salvation which had long been the hope and guiding star of the chosen people (Luk 1:69, Luk 1:71, Luk 1:77; Act 13:26, Act 13:47). It was for the whole world (Joh 3:17), but it comes “out of” (ek) 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.