I wasn’t attempting to change the words of Christ. Christ did not say, “physical location is no longer a factor”. That is your own quote, not what Christ said.
If any physical location was to factor into Christian worship, Jesus would have said so. He didn’t play games or get cute with people. When He was asked a sincere question, Jesus gave an honest answer.
The Samaritan woman asked Jesus where worship should be centered, physically speaking. His answer was to contrast physical location with the new standard. The new standard is not a location, but a state of the heart. I.e.: from now on, true worship is that which takes place in spirit and truth.
There is no honest way to get Rome from Jesus’ answer. Were Rome to be in any way significant, an honest person would have said so. Jesus didn’t force us to play guessing games. He said what He meant, and He was always honest.
From that time onward, true worshippers were/are those who worship in spirit and truth. Heaven help us if we add more to this teaching than Jesus saw fit to add Himself.