John 8:36

John 8:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.

Context of John 8:36

34Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, 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. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word. 38I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.”

John 8:36 word by word

ἐὰν οὖν ὁ υἱὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃ, ὄντως ἐλεύθεροι ἔσεσθε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• the Sonὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• shall makeἐλευθερόωeleutheroō · to set freeG1659
• youσύsu · youG4771
• ye shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• freeἐλεύθεροςeleutheros · free/freedomG1658
• indeedὄντωςontōs · reallyG3689

Cross-references for John 8:36

• John 8:31To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
• Psalms 19:13Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
• Psalms 119:32I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.
• Isaiah 49:24Can plunder be taken from warriors, or captives be rescued from the fierce?
• Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
• Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
• Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
• Romans 8:2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
• 2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
• Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Commentaries on John 8:36

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36If the Son … - The Son of God - heir of all things - who is forever with God, and who has therefore the right and power to liberate men from their thraldom. Shall make you free - Shall deliver you from the bondage and dominion of sin. Free indeed - Truly and really free. You shall be blessed with the most valuable freedom; not from the chains and oppressions of earthly masters and monarchs, but from the bondage of sin.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-36Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-59The debate about whether Jesus is the Messiah continues from 7:52. Jesus remained at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. During the feast, the conflicts Jesus encountered in chapter 7 continued and intensified.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-5912. I am the light of the world--As the former references to water (Joh 4:13, 14; 7:37-39) and to bread (Joh 6:35) were occasioned by outward occurrences, so this one to light. In "the treasury" where it was spoken (see on Joh 8:20) stood two colossal golden lamp-stands, on which hung a multitude of lamps, lighted after the evening sacrifice (probably every evening during the feast of tabernacles), diffusing their brilliancy, it is said, over all the…Read the comment

Topics related to John 8:36

• Abraham
• Liberty
• Regeneration
• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Act
• Conscience
• Continue
• Flesh
• Hear
• Lift
• Treasury
• Heredity
• Jesus Christ
• Literature, Sub-Apostolic

Commentaries on John 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings