john-8:34-36,-john-8:12

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 8:34

Jesus answered them ; £ i.e. those "Jews who believed him," but whose retort showed their faith to be of the most feeble and imperfect kind, and which, if it were momentarily assumed, was ready to disappear at the first touch of trial. A promise of Divine love had been treated by them as an insult, not so much to their national history, as to their religious triumph over their civil and political disasters. There is no reason to believe that in these, or in the following words, the ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:35

This being the fact as to sin and its servitude, the Lord proceeds to deal with servitude in God's house. Servitude and its spirit are manifested in the house of the Father. The bond slave abideth not in the house forever. So long as he is a bond slave and not emancipated from the fetters of mere race, so long as he is ruled by the servile spirit, there is no perpetuity about his relation to the Father. He can be sold away ( Genesis 21:10 ; Galatians 4:30 ). An involuntary subject of the... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:34

Whosoever committeth sin ... - In this passage Jesus shows them that he did not refer to political bondage, but to the slavery of the soul to evil passions and desires.Is the servant - Is the slave of sin. He is bound to it as a slave is to his master. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:35

The servant abideth not ... - The servant does not, of course, remain forever, or until his death. with his master. If he is disobedient and wicked, the master sells him or turns him away. He is not the heir, and may at any time be expelled from the house of his master. But a son is the heir. He cannot be in this manner cast off or sold. He is privileged with the right of remaining in the family. This takes place in common life. So said the Saviour to the Jews: “You, if you are disobedient and... read more

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 8:34

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:35

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:36

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:36

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:34

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:35

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