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John 8:32 KJV
John · chapter 8 · verse 32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.John 8:32 · King James Version
What John 8:32 means
The verse before it sets the condition: if ye continue in my word. Truth here isn't information in general, it's what Jesus taught, stayed with over time. And the freedom he names next is freedom from sin, not from limits. The people listening insisted they had never been in bondage.
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John 8:32 in context
30As he spake these words, many believed on him.
31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
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Key words (Strong's)
- truthalētheiaobjectively, what is true in any matter under consideration, truly, in truth, according…G225 →
- knowginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
- makeeleutheroōto make free, set at liberty from the dominion of sinG1659 →
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We have in these verses, I. A comfortable doctrine laid down concerning the spiritual liberty of Christ's disciples, intended for the encouragement of those Jews that believed.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-37