John 8:33 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou,Ye shall be made free? ”

• John 8:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  They answered him - Not those who believed on him, but some who stood by and heard him. We be Abraham’s seed - We are the children or descendants of Abraham. Abraham was not a slave, and they...

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• John 8:33 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (h) They answered him, We be (i) Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? (h) Some of the multitude, not they that believed: for this is not the...

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• John 8:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Controversy with the Jews who Believed. Many are convinced by this appeal. The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus tried to bring the more favourably disposed of the Jewish par...

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• John 8:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  were never. any man , &c. Have been in bondage to no one (App-105) at any time. Thus ignoring all historical facts. These were "the Jews" who believed in John 8:31 , and thus proved themselves...

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• John 8:33 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  33. We are Abraham’s seed. It is uncertain if the Evangelist here introduces the same persons who formerly spoke, (235) or others. My opinion is, that they replied to Christ in a confused m...

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• John 8:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? They answered - That is, the other Jews who had not believed - the carping, cavi...

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• John 8:33 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  We be Abraham's seed, &c.— "Then some of those who had professed to believe in him taking it as a high affront, that he should speak as if he thought them to be slaves, said to him in a vauntin...

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• John 8:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to an...

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• John 8:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Feast of Tabernacles Continued. Christ the Light of the World John 7:53 to John 8:11 . The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fou...

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• John 8:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  They answered him — i.e., the Jews who had believed in Him ( John 8:31 ). There is no indication that this answer was made by others standing near, nor would this supposition have been made but f...

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• John 8:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 19 JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM. “He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews therefore said, Will...

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• John 8:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Source of True Liberty John 8:31-38 Sin is not a necessary part of our being. The servant abideth not in the house for ever. Your child is an integral part of the household; he has become...

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• John 8:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a r...

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• John 8:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed: (32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (33) They answere...

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• John 8:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  They answered him ,.... Not the believing Jews, whom he peculiarly addressed, but the unbelieving Jews, who were present, and heard these things: we be Abraham's seed ; this the Jews always valued...

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• John 8:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Ver. 33. Were never in bondage ] When yet they were scarcely ever out of bon...

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• John 8:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  They answered him Namely, the other Jews that were present, not those that believed, as appears by the whole tenor of the conversation; We be Abraham's seed A person always free, and a peculiar f...

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• John 8:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's pr...

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• John 8:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees.       31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then ar...

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• John 8:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  How carnally doth a carnal heart understand spiritual mysteries! Thus Nicodemus, hearing of being born again, grossly dreamed of entering into his mother's womb, and being born again. The woman of...

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• John 8:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Chapter 8 Jesus - The Light of the World and the ‘I am' ( John 8:12-59 ). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isa...

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• John 8:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 8:13 . They forgot His vindication of Himself ( John 5:31-37 ). John 8:14 . Even if I bear record, etc. —Although He was content to let the Father witness o...

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• John 8:33 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 8:12-13 . Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees These wasps...

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• John 8:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 8:1 . Jesus went to the mount of Olives, where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of publ...

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• John 8:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Then said Jesus unto those Jews which believed on Him. A glorious liberator I. FREEDOM PROFFERED. 1. Sin makes bondage ( John 8:34 ; Matthew 6:24 ; Luke 16:13 ; Romans 6:16-17 ; Galatian...

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• John 8:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) The pericope adulterae. (a) Excursus on the genuineness of John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 . It is our duty to examine the various grounds on...

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• John 8:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The True Liberty of the Gospel. John 8:31-59 Bondage and liberty:

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• John 8:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Exodus 1:13 ; Exodus 1:14 ; Ezra 9:9 ; Genesis 15:13 ; John 19:25 ; John 8:39 ; Judges 2:18 ; Judges 3:8 ; Judges 4:3 ; Leviticus 25:42 ; Luke 16:24-26 ; Matthew 3:9 ; Nehemiah 5:4-8 ;...

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• John 8:33 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Light of the World John 8:12-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Jesus Christ the Life, was the Light. When we study- John 1:1-4 , we think of Christ in the beginning as the Word, creating by His com...

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• John 8:33 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  They — The other Jews that were by, (not those that believed,) as appears by the whole tenor of the conversation. We were never enslaved to any man — A bold, notorious untruth. At that very time th...

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