Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
And the servant abideth not in the house for ever, but the Son abideth ever—that is, "And if your connection with the family of God be that of BOND-SERVANTS, ye have no natural tie to the house; your tie is essentially uncertain and precarious. But the SON'S relationship to the FATHER is a natural and essential one; it is an indefeasible tie; His abode in it is perpetual and of right: That is My relationship, My tie: If, then, ye would have your connection with God's family made real, rightful, permanent, ye must by the Son be manumitted and adopted as sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty." In this sublime statement there is no doubt a subordinate allusion to Genesis 21:10, "Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir with my son, with Isaac." (Compare Galatians 4:22-30).
Whosoever committeth sin—that is, liveth in the commission of it—(Compare I John 3:8; Matthew 7:23).
is the servant of sin—that is, the bond-servant, or slave of it; for the question is not about free service, but who are in bondage. (Compare II Peter 2:19; Revelation 6:16). The great truth here expressed was not unknown to heathen moralists; but it was applied only to vice, for they were total strangers to what in revealed religion is called sin. The thought of slaves and freemen in the house suggests to our Lord a wider idea.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 8:35:
Ecclesiastes 8:3
Isaiah 61:1
John 10:25-26
1 Corinthians 6:12
Galatians 4:30
James 1:25
Revelation 3:12
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