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If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
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What "Free Indeed" Means
Commentators emphasize that the freedom Jesus offers is "indeed" real and true, but it is a spiritual liberty, not a political one. While his audience was concerned with earthly masters, Jesus spoke of a more profound bondage: slavery to sin. This freedom liberates a person from the power, guilt, and dominion of sin, which is the only freedom that truly matters.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
If the Son, and so forth. The Son of God—heir of all things—who is forever with God, and who has therefore the right and power to liberate…
If therefore the son shall make you free (εαν ουν ο υιος υμας ελευθερωση). Condition of third class with εαν and first aorist (ing…
19th Century
Anglican
If the Son therefore shall make you free.—Now the thought of John 8:31-32 is repeated with special reference to the posit…
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Baptist
If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.
And give you the privileges of sons.
A slave has no security, for he can claim no family ties that entail an obligation toward him. The son of a family has permanent status within it. …
16th Century
Protestant
If then the Son shall make you free. By these words He means that the right of freedom belongs to Himself alone, and that all oth…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If the Son therefore shall make you free Alluding to the custom of adoption by the sons or brethren in the family, which…
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 h…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing the remedy for escaping from the darkness, Christ now demonstrates its effectiveness. He first explains the remedy's power …
