John 8:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Jesus answered them,Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. ”

• John 8:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Whosoever committeth sin ... - In this passage Jesus shows them that he did not refer to political bondage, but to the slavery of the soul to evil passions and desires. Is the servant - Is th...

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• John 8:34 - 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 8:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Verily, verily . Called forth by this manifest misrepresentation of the truth. The twelfth occurance. See John 1:51 . Whosoever . Every one who. committeth . doeth or practiseth. sin. Not. s...

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• John 8:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  34. Every man who committeth sin is the slave of sin. This is an argument drawn from contrary things. They boasted that they were free. He proves that they are the slaves of sin, because,...

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• John 8:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin - Or, δουλος εστι, etc., is the slave of sin. This...

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• John 8:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Whosoever committeth sin, &c.— Ποιει αμαρτιαν, doeth, or practiseth sin: to do, in the Hebrew dialect, imports not the present act only, but the habit of doing. Hence some render this, W...

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• John 8:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever [or 'Everyone that' pas...

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• John 8:34 - 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 8:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. — The Cambridge MS. and some of the Fathers omit the words “of sin”; but this is clearly to avoid the difficulty of the connection of thought, and th...

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• John 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Jesus answered them, verily verily I say unto you ,.... Taking no notice of their civil liberty, to which he could easily have replied to their confusion and silence, he observes to them their moral...

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• John 8:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. Ver. 34. Is the servant of sin ] Hath as many lords as lusts: a that as Augustine said of Ro...

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• John 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Our Saviour here correcteth their mistake, letting them know, that he was not speaking about any corporal, but spiritual servitude; not of the freedom of men's bodies from the power of enemies, but o...

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• John 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - Scofield Reference Notes

  sin Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).

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• John 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

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• John 8:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:8-10 ; 1 Kings 21:25 ; 2 Peter 2:19 ; Acts 8:23 ; Ephesians 2:2 ; John 3:3 ; Matthew 5:18 ; Proverbs 5:22 ; Romans 6:12 ; Romans 6:16 ; Romans 6:19 ; Romans 6:20 ; Romans 6:6 ;...

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• John 8:34 - 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 8:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Jesus answered — Each branch of their objection, first concerning freedom, then concerning their being Abraham's offspring, John 8:37 , &c. He that committeth sin, is, in fact, the slave of si...

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