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John 8:31 through John 8:36 (NIV)
31To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you
are really my disciples. 32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set
you free.”
33They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves
of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
34Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
35Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it
forever. 36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 30-36
Such power attended our Lord’s words, that many were convinced, and professed to
believe in him. He encouraged them to attend his teaching, rely on his promises,
and obey his commands, notwithstanding all temptations to evil. Thus doing, they
would be his disciples truly; and by the teaching of his word and Spirit, they
would learn where their hope and strength lay. Christ spoke of spiritual
liberty; but carnal hearts feel no other grievances than those that molest the
body, and distress their worldly affairs. Talk to them of their liberty and
property, tell them of waste committed upon their lands, or damage done to their
houses, and they understand you very well; but speak of the bondage of sin,
captivity to Satan, and liberty by Christ; tell of wrong done to their precious
souls, and the hazard of their eternal welfare, then you bring strange things to
their ears. Jesus plainly reminded them, that the man who practised any sin,
was, in fact, a slave to that sin, which was the case with most of them. Christ
in the gospel offers us freedom, he has power to do this, and those whom Christ
makes free are really so. But often we see persons disputing about liberty of
every kind, while they are slaves to some sinful lust.