John 8:36 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 8:31-37

We have in these verses, I. A comfortable doctrine laid down concerning the spiritual liberty of Christ's disciples, intended for the encouragement of those Jews that believed. Christ, knowing that his doctrine began to work upon some of his hearers, and perceiving that virtue had gone out of him, turned his discourse from the proud Pharisees, and addressed himself to those weak believers. When he had denounced wrath against those that were hardened in unbelief, then he spoke comfort to those... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 8:33-36

8:33-36 They answered him: "We are the descendants of Abraham and we have never been slaves to any man. How do you say: 'You will become free'?" Jesus answered them: "This is the truth I tell you--everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. The slave is not a permanent resident in the house; the son is a permanent resident. If the son shall make you free you will be really free." Jesus' talk of freedom annoyed the Jews. They claimed that they had never been slaves to any man. Obviously... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:36

If the Son therefore shall make you free ,.... Alluding to the custom of adoption by the sons or brethren in the family, which obtained in Greece, called αδελφοθεσια , "the adoption of brethren", as Grotius, and others have observed; or rather to a custom among the Romans, of a son's making free after his Father's death, such as were born slaves in his house. Such a case as this is supposed F8 Theophili Antecensor. Institut. Imperat. Justinian. l. 1. tit. 6. sect. 5. p. 38. ; "a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:36

Verse 36 36.If then the Son shall make you free. By these words he means that the right of freedom belongs to himself alone, and that all others, being born slaves, cannot be delivered but by his grace. For what he possesses as his own by nature he imparts to us by adoption, when we are ingrafted by faith into his body, and become his members. Thus we ought to remember what I said formerly, that the Gospel is the instrument by which we obtain our freedom So then ourfreedom is a benefit... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:31-59

describe a further conversation, not with the same audience. The words record a vivid conflict between the Lord and the Jews who believed him, who accepted the Messianic claims, but persisted in interpreting them, not by his word, but by their own ideas of the theocratic kingdom, by their privileges as children of Abraham, by their national animosity to their nearest neighbours the Samaritans, by their inability to press behind the veil of his humanity to his Divine nature. Their faith was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:33-36

Misapprehension of the disciples corrected. I. THEIR STRANGE MISCONCEPTION . "They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?" 1 . We cannot imagine the speakers to be capable of the absurdity of making a historical misstatement. The facts of Jewish history were universally known at Jerusalem. The Jews could not deny the Egyptian, Babylonian, Syrian, and Roman conquests. They either referred to the civil... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:33-36

True freedom. I. TRUE FREEDOM INVOLVES THAT OF THE SOUL . 1 . A man may be physically free without being free indeed. 2 . A man may be socially free without being free indeed. He may be in the full enjoyment of social and political privileges and yet a captive. 3 . A man may be mentally free without being free indeed. His intellect may be sound and grasping, his mental vision clear and far reaching, and still be a prisoner. 4 . True freedom involves... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:33-46

(5) The offer of spiritual freedom to the seed of Abraham provoked bitter hostility and misapprehension. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:36

Therefore if the Son —who abideth ever in the Father's bosom, and fills the house with his glory, and is the Heir of all things— make you free, ye shall be free indeed ( ὄντως , "essentially," only here used by St. John, who elsewhere uses the word ἀληθῶς , verse 31; John 1:48 ; John 4:42 ; John 7:40 ; John 6:14 ). The Son is he who gives power to become the sons of God. "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus frees from the law of sin and death" ( Romans 8:2 ).... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:36

Spiritual freedom. Our Lord Christ, who brings truth to the understanding and love to the heart, brings also the highest freedom to the active nature and life of man, and thus secures the prevalence of holiness, of willing and cheerful obedience to God. I. THE BONDAGE IS PRESUMED WHICH RENDERS NECESSARY THE ADVENT OF THE DIVINE LIBERATOR . Man is by nature, whilst in this fallen state, under bondage to law, to sin, to condemnation. II. PRETENDED ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 8:31-37

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 8:33-36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:36

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:36

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:31-59

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:33-36

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:33-36

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:33-46

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:36

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:36

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