John 8:33-41

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:39-41

The Jews stubbornly insisted that they revealed their ancestry to Abraham by doing as he did. By claiming Abraham as their father at this stage in the discussion they were saying that they were as good as Abraham.". . . no principle was more fully established in the popular [Jewish] conviction, than that all Israel had part in the world to come (Sanh. x. 1), and this, specifically, because of their connection with Abraham. . . . Abraham was represented as sitting at the gate of Gehenna, to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:41

The Jews rejected Jesus’ claim that they were not genuine children of Abraham. Their reference to fornication may have been a slur on Jesus’ physical paternity. Who was He with His questionable pedigree to deny their ancestry? They then claimed that on the spiritual level God was their father (Exodus 4:22; Deuteronomy 14:1-2). They apparently believed that Jesus surely could not deny that, though He disputed their connection to Abraham. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - John 8:37

8:37 word (a-16) Logos . see Hebrews 6:1 . read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - John 8:38

8:38 do (b-13) poieo ; usually 'practise' (see ch. 5.29), but it hardly suits here or in vers. 39,40; still it refers to habitually or characteristically doing, not a mere act. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - John 8:41

8:41 do (b-2) poieo ; usually 'practise' (see ch. 5.29), but it hardly suits here or in vers. 39,40; still it refers to habitually or characteristically doing, not a mere act. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:1-59

The Feast of Tabernacles Continued. Christ the Light of the WorldJohn 7:53 to John 8:11. The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fourth Gospel. It is not in the author’s style; it breaks the sequence of our Lord’s discourses, and is omitted by most of the ancient authorities. Probably it is an authentic apostolic tradition inserted here to illustrate the principle of John 8:15. Some MSS place it at the end of the Gospel. The incident... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 8:33

(33) They answered him—i.e., the Jews who had believed in Him (John 8:31). There is no indication that this answer was made by others standing near, nor would this supposition have been made but for the difficulty of applying some of the words which follow (John 8:40; John 8:44) to those who had ever professedly been believers; but the explanation is to be found in our Lord’s own warning words in John 8:31. He has tested their faith, and they fail in the first steps of discipleship.We be... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 8:34

(34) Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.—The Cambridge MS. and some of the Fathers omit the words “of sin”; but this is clearly to avoid the difficulty of the connection of thought, and they must be regarded as an integral part of the text.Committeth sin.—The Greek word is a present participle, expressing the continuance of the deeds of sin. It means, not simply the committing individual sins, from which no man is free, but the state of the life which is sinful; the state which is... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 8:35

(35) And the servant abideth not.—Better, Now the bondman abideth not . . ., as in the last verse.The Son abideth ever.—Better, for ever, as in the earlier clause. The Greek words are precisely the same. This contrast between the position of the slave, who is a chattel that may be bought or bartered or sold, and has no affinity with the members of the house, and no permanent right in it; and the son, in whose veins is the master’s blood, and who is heir of all things, is obvious and general;... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 8:36

(36) If the Son therefore shall make you free.—Now the thought of John 8:31-32 is repeated in special reference to the position they had claimed for themselves. There is need for the emancipation of which He has spoken, and His mission in the world is to proclaim it. If they will enter into spiritual union with Him, and abide in this new spiritual relation, it will make them new creatures, freed from sin by the power of truth. In the language of St. Paul, as quoted above, “Christ will be formed... read more

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