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30 As He spoke these words, amany believed in Him.  

The Truth Shall Make You Free

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you aabide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.  
32 And you shall know the atruth, and bthe truth shall make you free.”  
33 They answered Him, a“We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”  
34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, awhoever commits sin is a slave of sin.  
35 And aa slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.  
36 aTherefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.  

Abraham’s Seed and Satan’s

37 “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but ayou seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.  
38 aI speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have1 seen with your father.”  
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John 8:32

And ye shall know the truth (kai gnwsesqe thn alhqeian). Truth is one of the marks of Christ (John 1:14) and Jesus will claim to Thomas to be the personification of truth (John 14:6). But it will be for them knowledge to be learned by doing God's will (John 7:17). The word is from alhqhv (a privative and lhqw, to conceal, unsealed, open). See also verses 0:0-1:1.

And the truth shall make you free (kai h alhqeia eleuqerwsei umav). Future active indicative of eleuqerow, old verb from eleuqerov (from erxomai, to go where one wishes and so free). One of Paul's great words for freedom from the bondage of the law (Romans 6:18; Galatians 5:1). The freedom of which Jesus here speaks is freedom from the slavery of sin as Paul in Romans 8:2. See John 8:36. This freedom is won alone by Christ (John 8:36) and we are sanctified in truth (John 17:19). In John 1:17 truth is mentioned with grace as one of the marks of the gospel through Christ. Freedom (intellectual, moral, spiritual) is only attainable when we are set free from darkness, sin, ignorance, superstition and let the Light of the World shine on us and in us.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 8:32:

John 1:17
James 1:25
James 5:19
2 Peter 2:19

 

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