john-8:59,-john-10:31-niv

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 8:31-59

91. True freedom; true sonship (John 8:31-59)Jesus used an illustration from slavery to show the people how he could help them in their need. They all knew that slaves could not free themselves. The only person who could free them was the owner of the house in which the slave worked, or the owner’s son, acting on his father’s authority. The Jews were slaves, in bondage to sin and unable to free themselves. The only one who could free them was God, acting through his Son Jesus. They would find... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 8:59

took . . . up stones . And thus would murder the great Prophet Himself. Compare John 10:31 , John 10:39 and Matthew 23:31 , Matthew 23:37 . stones, i.e. heavy stones. Compare John 8:7 . The Temple was not yet finished, and stones would be lying about. Lightfoot, vol. xii, pp. 247-9, 324. at = upon. Greek. epi. App-104 . went = went forth. out of . Greek. ek. App-104 . through . Greek dia. App-104 .John 8:1 . passed by . All the texts omit this clause, but not, the Syriac. See note 3, p.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:59

They took up stones therefore to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.Interpreting Jesus' words as blasphemy, they had a notion to stone him. Their error was that of not believing Jesus' words, but it was not, in this case, a misunderstanding of what his words meant. One could wish that all exegetes had as clear a view of what Jesus meant as did those enemies who took up stones to kill him. The statement that Jesus existed before Abraham is an affirmation of his... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 8:59

John 8:59. Then took they up stones— The Jews, thinking the Lord Jesus a blasphemer, because he made himself not only greater than Abraham, but equal with God, Ch. Joh 5:18 fell into a violent rage, as Dr. Clagett expresses it, reckoning him not worthyto be answered any other way than by an immediate and zealous attempt upon his life. They took up some of the stones which happened to be lying thereabouts for the reparation of the temple, and, being in a great fury, were going with one accord to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 8:59

57-59. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old—"No inference can be drawn from this as to the age of our Lord at the time as man. Fifty years was with the Jews the completion of manhood" [ALFORD]. and hast thou seen Abraham?—He had said Abraham saw Him, as being his peculiar privilege. They give the opposite turn to it—"Hast Thou seen Abraham?" as an honor too great for Him to pretend to. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:12-59

5. The light of the world discourse 8:12-59Following Jesus’ claim to be the water of life (John 7:37-38), official opposition against Him intensified considerably. The following sections of this Gospel trace this rising opposition. While some believed on Jesus, most of His own people rejected Him (cf. John 1:11-12). This section of the text deals with Jesus’ claim to be the Light of the World and the controversy it generated. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:48-59

The violent response of Jesus’ critics 8:48-59 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:59

The Jews understood that Jesus was claiming to be God. They began to stone Him for making what they considered a blasphemous claim (John 5:18; Leviticus 24:16). However, Jesus hid Himself because His hour had not yet come (John 2:4; John 7:6; John 7:8; John 7:30; John 7:44; John 8:20; John 18:6). Then He departed from the temple. He did not protest or retaliate, another indication of His submission to the Father.This concludes Jesus’ light of the world discourse (John 8:12-59). The Light of the... 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 8:59

(59) Then took they up stones to cast at him.—At last the meaning of His words flashes upon them. They had heard this I AM before (John 8:24) without perceiving that in it He applied to Himself the name Jehovah. Now there is no room for doubt. His own Divinity is the only explanation of what He has said; and it is in these words so plainly asserted, that those who had constantly misunderstood can misunderstand no more. The subtleties of later days, by which men have tried to show that there is... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 8:31-59

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 8:59

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:59

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 8:59

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 8:59

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:12-59

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:48-59

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:59

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 8:59

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