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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:23

Ye are from beneath - Ye are capable of murder, and of self-murder too, because ye have nothing of God in you. Ye are altogether earthly, sensual, and devilish. They verified this character in murdering the Lord Jesus; and many of them afterwards, to escape famine, etc., put an end to their own lives. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:25

Who art thou? - This marks the indignation of the Pharisees - as if they had said: Who art thou that takest upon thee to deal out threatenings in this manner against us? Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning - Rather, Just what I have already told you, i.e. that I am the light of the world - the Christ - the Savior of mankind. There are a variety of renderings for this verse among the critics. Some consider την αρχην (which makes the principal... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:26

I have many things to say and to judge of you - Or, to speak and to condemn, etc. I could speedily expose all your iniquities - your pride and ambition, your hypocrisy and irreligion, your hatred to the light, and your malice against the truth, together with the present obstinate unbelief of your hearts, and show that these are the reasons why I say you will die in your sins; but these will appear in their true light: when, after you have crucified me, the judgments of God shall descend upon... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:28

When ye have lifted up - When ye have crucified me, and thus filled up the measure of your iniquities, ye shall know that I am the Christ, by the signs that shall follow; and ye shall know that what I spoke is true, by the judgments that shall follow. To be lifted up, is a common mode of expression, among the Jewish writers, for to die, or to be killed. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:29

The Father hath not left me alone - Though ye shalt have power to put me to death, yet this shall not be because he hath abandoned me. No - he is ever with me, because I do that which pleaseth him; and it is his pleasure that I should lay down my life for the salvation of the world. Does not our Lord allude to the following scriptures? - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; my ears hast thou opened: (or, a body hast thou prepared me: Hebrews 10:5 ;): then said I, Lo, I come: this... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:30

As he spake these words, many believed on him - The same sun that hardens the clay softens the wax. This discourse, which proved the savor of death unto death to the obstinate Pharisees, became the savor of life unto life to many of the simple-hearted people. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:31

If ye continue in my word - Or, in this doctrine of mine. It is not enough to receive God's truth - we must retain and walk in it. And it is only when we receive the truth, love it, keep it, and walk in it, that we are the genuine disciples of Christ. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:32

Ye shall know the truth - Shall have a constant experimental knowledge of its power and efficacy. And the truth shall make you free - It was a maxim of the Jews, "That no man was free, but he who exercised himself in the meditation of the law." No man is truly free, but he in whose heart the power of sin is destroyed, and who has received the Spirit of adoption, through which he cries, Abba! Father! See Romans 8:15 . The bondage of sin is the most grievous bondage; and freedom from its... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:33

They answered - That is, the other Jews who had not believed - the carping, cavilling Pharisees already mentioned; for the words cannot be spoken of the simple people who had already believed. See John 8:30 . Were never in bondage to any man - This assertion was not only false, but it was ridiculous in the extreme; seeing their whole history, sacred and profane, is full of recitals of their servitude in Egypt, in Chaldea, under the Persians, under the Macedonians, and under the Romans.... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:34

Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin - Or, δουλος εστι , etc., is the slave of sin. This was the slavery of which Christ spoke; and deliverance from it, was the liberty which he promised. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:34

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