John 8:32 (BSB)
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Commentary on John 8:32
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on John 8:32: 32. And you shall know the truth. He says, that they who have arrived at some knowledge of it shall know the truth True, those whom Christ addresses were as yet uneducated, and scarcely knew the first elements, and therefore we need not wonder if he promises them a more full understanding of his doctrine. But the statement is general.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on John 8:31-37: 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. Christ, knowing that his doctrine began to work upon some of his hearers, and perceiving that virtue had gone out of him, turned his discourse from the proud Pharisees, and addressed himself to those weak believers.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on John 8:32: And the servant abideth not in the house for ever,.... The servant of God, and of Christ, does, but not the servant of sin: there may be servants of sin in the house or church of God here below; and such were these Jews Christ is speaking to; but such shall not abide there for ever: some that get into this house are quickly discerned...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on John 8:32: Verse 32. Shall know the truth. . The truth shall make you free. The truth here means the Christian religion. Comp. . The doctrines of the true religion shall make you free--that is, it will free you from the slavery of evil passions, corrupt propensities, and grovelling views. The condition of a sinner is that of a captive or a slave to sin.