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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/john/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />So if the Son shall set you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If the Son gives you freedom, you are free! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So if the Son sets you free, you will be absolutely free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If the Son sets you free, then you will be really free. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So if the son sets you free, you will be really free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />If then the Son shall make you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />if then the Son may make you free, in reality you will be free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />So if the Son shall set you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If the Son make you free, ye shall be truly free.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If therefore the son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, if the Son has set you free, then you will truly be free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So if a son frees you, then you will truly be free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If therefore, the Son shall make you free, you shall truly become free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/8.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“If The Son therefore will set you free, you will truly be the children of liberty.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/8.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Therefore, if the Son make you free, you shall be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/8.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>If therefore the Son may make you free, you shall be free indeed.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/8.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />If the Son therefore make you free, ye will be truly free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/8.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />if the son therefore shall make you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />If then the Son shall make you free, you will be free indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/8.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>If, therefore, the Son shall make you free, ye will be free indeed.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/8.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>If therefore the Son make you free, ye shall be free indeed.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/8-36.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=2983" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/8.htm">The Truth will Set You Free</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">35</span>A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever. <span class="reftext">36</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">So</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: Huios (N-NMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">Son</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou."></a> <a href="/greek/1659.htm" title="1659: eleutherōsē (V-ASA-3S) -- To free, set free, liberate. From eleutheros; to liberate, i.e. to exempt.">sets you free,</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: esesthe (V-FIM-2P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">you will be</a> <a href="/greek/1658.htm" title="1658: eleutheroi (Adj-NMP) -- Free, delivered from obligation. Probably from the alternate of erchomai; unrestrained, i.e. not a slave, or exempt.">free</a> <a href="/greek/3689.htm" title="3689: ontōs (Adv) -- Really, truly, actually. Adverb of the oblique cases of on; really.">indeed. </a> </span> <span class="reftext">37</span>I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-1.htm">Galatians 5:1</a></span><br />It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a></span><br />For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-17.htm">2 Corinthians 3:17</a></span><br />Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-18.htm">Romans 6:18</a></span><br />You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-22.htm">Romans 6:22</a></span><br />But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-31.htm">Galatians 4:31</a></span><br />Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a></span><br />that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">1 Peter 2:16</a></span><br />Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a></span><br />“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a></span><br />The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-45.htm">Psalm 119:45</a></span><br />And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Leviticus 25:10</a></span><br />So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm">Isaiah 42:7</a></span><br />to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-15.htm">Romans 8:15</a></span><br />For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/2-14.htm">Hebrews 2:14-15</a></span><br />Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, / and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/8-31.htm">John 8:31,32</a></b></br> Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, <i>then</i> are ye my disciples indeed; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/19-13.htm">Psalm 19:13</a></b></br> Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous <i>sins</i>; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-32.htm">Psalm 119:32,133</a></b></br> I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/8-33.htm">Free</a> <a href="/john/8-31.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/john/4-1.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-1.htm">Reality</a> <a href="/john/8-31.htm">Really</a> <a href="/john/3-33.htm">Sets</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/8-37.htm">Free</a> <a href="/john/10-41.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/john/12-25.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/romans/1-25.htm">Reality</a> <a href="/john/8-53.htm">Really</a> <a href="/john/12-48.htm">Sets</a><div class="vheading2">John 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/8-1.htm">Jesus delivers the woman taken in adultery.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/8-12.htm">He declares himself the light of the world, and justifies his doctrine;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/8-31.htm">promises freedom to those who believe;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/8-33.htm">answers the Jews who boasted of Abraham;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">48. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/8-48.htm">answers their reviling, by showing his authority and dignity;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">59. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/8-59.htm">and slips away from those who would stone him.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So if the Son sets you free</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the role of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as the liberator from spiritual bondage. In the context of <a href="/john/8.htm">John 8</a>, Jesus is addressing the Jews who believed in Him, explaining the difference between physical and spiritual freedom. The concept of freedom here is not political or social but spiritual, referring to liberation from sin. This echoes the Old Testament theme of God as a deliverer, as seen in the Exodus narrative where God frees the Israelites from Egyptian slavery. Jesus, as the Son, fulfills the role of the ultimate deliverer, offering freedom from the bondage of sin and death. This aligns with prophecies such as <a href="/isaiah/61.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a>, which speaks of the Messiah proclaiming liberty to captives.<p><b>you will be free indeed</b><br>The assurance of true freedom is highlighted in this phrase. The use of "indeed" underscores the completeness and authenticity of the freedom Jesus offers. This freedom is not just a temporary or superficial release but a profound and eternal liberation. In the broader biblical narrative, this freedom is contrasted with the temporary and incomplete freedom offered by the law or human efforts. <a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a> further explains that the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set believers free from the law of sin and death. The freedom Jesus provides is transformative, leading to a new identity and life in Him, as seen in <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a>, where believers are described as new creations. This freedom is also a type of the ultimate rest and peace found in Christ, prefigured by the Sabbath rest in the Old Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Jesus is speaking to the Jews who had believed in Him. He is the "Son" referred to in the verse, emphasizing His divine authority and power to grant true freedom.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_jews.htm">The Jews</a></b><br>The audience to whom Jesus is speaking. They are grappling with the concept of spiritual freedom versus their understanding of physical and national freedom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a></b><br>The setting of this discourse, where Jesus often taught and engaged with the Jewish leaders and followers.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a></b><br>Mentioned earlier in the chapter, Abraham is a patriarchal figure whose descendants are the Jews. They claim their freedom based on their lineage from him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/slavery_and_freedom.htm">Slavery and Freedom</a></b><br>The broader theme of the chapter, where Jesus contrasts spiritual slavery to sin with the freedom He offers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/true_freedom_in_christ.htm">True Freedom in Christ</a></b><br>Jesus offers a freedom that transcends physical or political liberation. It is a spiritual freedom from the bondage of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_slavery.htm">Understanding Spiritual Slavery</a></b><br>Recognize that sin enslaves, and without Christ, one remains in spiritual bondage regardless of external circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_son.htm">The Role of the Son</a></b><br>Jesus, as the Son of God, has the unique authority to grant this freedom. Trust in Him is essential for experiencing true liberation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_as_free_people.htm">Living as Free People</a></b><br>Embrace the freedom Christ provides by living a life that reflects His righteousness and love, avoiding the entanglements of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/freedom_and_responsibility.htm">Freedom and Responsibility</a></b><br>With freedom comes the responsibility to live according to God's will, using our liberty to serve others and glorify God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'free_indeed'_mean_in_john_8_36.htm">What does "free indeed" mean in John 8:36?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_true_freedom_in_christ_mean.htm">What does true freedom in Christ mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_being_free_in_christ_mean.htm">What does being free in Christ mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_christian_freedom.htm">What defines Christian freedom?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(36) <span class= "bld">If the Son therefore shall make you free.</span>--Now the thought of <a href="/context/john/8-31.htm" title="Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;">John 8:31-32</a> is repeated in special reference to the position they had claimed for themselves. There is need for the emancipation of which He has spoken, and His mission in the world is to proclaim it. If they will enter into spiritual union with Him, and <span class= "ital">abide</span> in this new spiritual relation, it will make them new creatures, freed from sin by the power of truth. In the language of St. Paul, as quoted above, "Christ will be formed in them." They will become "members of Christ" and "children of God." The Son of the divine household will make them free, and in Him they will become members of the great family of God Himself. (Comp. the same thought of the divine household as addressed by St. Paul specially to Gentiles, in <a href="/context/ephesians/2-11.htm" title="Why remember, that you being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;">Ephesians 2:11-22</a>. See also in this Gospel, <a href="/context/john/14-2.htm" title="In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.">John 14:2-3</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Ye shall be free indeed.</span>--Or, <span class= "ital">ye shall be free in reality.</span>--The word is not the same as that rendered "indeed," in <a href="/john/8-31.htm" title="Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;">John 8:31</a>. They claimed political freedom, but they were in reality the subjects of Rome. They claimed religious freedom, but they were in reality the slaves to the letter. They claimed moral freedom, but they were in reality the bondmen of sin. The freedom which the Son proclaimed was in reality freedom, for it was the freedom of their true life delivered from the thraldom of sin and brought into union with God. For the spirit of man, that in knowledge of the truth revealed through the Son can contemplate the Father and the eternal home, there is a real freedom that no power can restrain. All through this context the thoughts pass unbidden to the teaching of St. Paul, the great apostle of freedom. There could be no fuller illustration of the words than is furnished in his life. He, like St. Peter and St. John (<a href="/romans/1-1.htm" title="Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God,">Romans 1:1</a>, <span class= "ital">e.g.;</span> <a href="/2_peter/1-1.htm" title="Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ:">2Peter 1:1</a>; <a href="/revelation/1-1.htm" title="The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John:">Revelation 1:1</a>), had learnt to regard himself as a "bondservant," but it was of Christ, "whose service is perfect freedom." We feel, as we think of him in bonds before Agrippa, or a prisoner at Rome, that he is more truly free than governor or Caesar before whom he stands, and more truly free than he himself was when he was armed with authority to bind men and women because they were Christians. The chains that bind the body cannot bind the spirit, whose chains have been loosed. He is free indeed, for the Son has made him free. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 36.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore if the Son</span> - who abideth ever in the Father's bosom, and fills the house with his glory, and is the Heir of all things - <span class="cmt_word">make you free, ye shall be free indeed</span> (<span class="greek">ὄντως</span>, "essentially," only here used by St. John, who elsewhere uses the word <span class="greek">ἀληθῶς</span>, ver. 31; <a href="/john/1-48.htm">John 1:48</a>; <a href="/john/4-42.htm">John 4:42</a>; <a href="/john/7-40.htm">John 7:40</a>; <a href="/john/6-14.htm">John 6:14</a>). The Son is he who gives power to become the sons of God. "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus frees from the law of sin and death" (<a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a>). Only by acquiring the true spirit and regenerated life of a son can any man be delivered from the bondage induced by ignorance of the actual truth about God, about man, and about the relation between God and man. This knowledge is produced by the Son of God, who is the Truth. A full and believing apprehension of the Son of God, a realization of what he is, confers a new life and reveals the wonderful possibilities and relations of human nature. The incarnation of the Son of God as a veritable Son of man emancipates the soul fettered by the tyranny of nature and baffled by the mastery of time and sense, inasmuch as it discloses the august majesty of its own origin. Essential freedom accrues to him who knows that sin is pardoned, that death is vanquished, that the prince of this world is cast out. The eager Jew might look through the battered walls of Zion and the charred fragments of its gorgeous temple, and still see the adamantine structure and its agelong triumph. But the disciples of Jesus, with John as their leader, when these words were recorded by him as they fell from the Lord in their true connection, saw the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven as a bride adorned for her husband, with its open gates, its crystal stream, and the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb as the Light of it. The freedom of a perfect service and the glorious liberty of the sons of God was theirs, in proportion as they accepted their emancipation from the Son himself (<a href="/1_corinthians/7-22.htm">1 Corinthians 7:22</a>; <a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35, 36</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm">2 Corinthians 3:18</a>). The sons are "free indeed," whatever the world, or the Hebrew Christians, or the philosophers might think or say. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/8-36.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="grk">οὖν</span> <span class="translit">(oun)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> </span><span class="str2">Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐὰν</span> <span class="translit">(ean)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> </span><span class="str2">If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">ὁ</span> <span class="translit">(ho)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Son</span><br /><span class="grk">Υἱὸς</span> <span class="translit">(Huios)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sets you free,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐλευθερώσῃ</span> <span class="translit">(eleutherōsē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1659.htm">Strong's 1659: </a> </span><span class="str2">To free, set free, liberate. From eleutheros; to liberate, i.e. to exempt.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will be</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔσεσθε</span> <span class="translit">(esesthe)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">free</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐλεύθεροι</span> <span class="translit">(eleutheroi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1658.htm">Strong's 1658: </a> </span><span class="str2">Free, delivered from obligation. Probably from the alternate of erchomai; unrestrained, i.e. not a slave, or exempt.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">indeed.</span><br /><span class="grk">ὄντως</span> <span class="translit">(ontōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3689.htm">Strong's 3689: </a> </span><span class="str2">Really, truly, actually. 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