John 8:31-36
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- "Truth and Freedom," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2015.
- "In your experience how are truth and freedom related to one another? What stories would you tell?"
- Lectionary Greek, Rob Myallis, 2015.
- Commentary,
John 8:31-36, Emerson Powery, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- "Does the freedom we find in Christ allow us to abuse and ridicule the "freedom" others have to make their own religious choices?"
- On Truth And Freedom and the One Who Sets Us Free, Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2014.
- "Jesus says today that our freedom can only come from outside ourselves: that we have to be 'set free' by him. How do you see this coming to be? How have you experienced this?"
- Commentary,
John 8:31-36, Mark Tranvik, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- "It is hard to miss the theme of freedom in our text from John."
- "Slavery and Freedom," Janet Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2013.
- What does it mean to you to be 'set free?'
- Commentary,
John 8:31-36, Jaime Clark-Soles, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "Jesus has the power to free, given to him by God, with whom he shares complete unity of will and power. What does freedom look like in John? Misconstrued freedom typically leads to sin."
- "Escapism," Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking.
- "Messiest Pastor Ever..." Janet Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2012.
- "How have you experienced 'slavery?' Are you tempted, along with Jesus' first listeners, to argue that you have never been 'enslaved?' Or is this part of your lived experience? If so, how does that inform your hearing of this text?"
- "Power as a Zero-Sum Game," Amy Allen, Political Theology, 2012.
- "In God’s Kingdom we are made free from the abuse and exploitation that claims hold of humans as God’s good creation. Jesus frees us from power grabbing and position scheming."
- Comentario del Evangelio por Pablo Manuel Ferrer, Juan 8:31-36, Working Preacher, 2012.
- Commentary, John 8:31-38, Brad R. Braxton,
The African American Lectionary, 2008.
- "Jesus declares that the truth makes us free, and Jesus is a living example of divine truth!"
- Exegetical
Notes by Brian P. Stoffregen at CrossMarks.
- "If we follow Luther and understand "sin" as self-centeredness, then those who are doing self-centered things become slaves to themselves -- their own wants and desires. Often this is how people may understand freedom -- doing whatever I want to do. But that definition of freedom is actually slavery to one's self. Being set free means having our desires and centeredness turned away from ourselves."
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"Remembering History to Escape From It," James Squire, Sabbatheology,
The Crossings Community, 2009.
- "What we have in John's gospel perhaps more so than in the other gospels are newly born disciples turned loose--as critics."
- "True Freedom & Independence," Dale Fletcher, Faith and Health Connection.
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Commentary
by Hall Harris at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "In what sense did the Jewish leaders trust Jesus? It is perhaps better to translate this "believe" than "trust". They had believed his messianic claims (8:25) which he had spoken to them from the beginning. But they had insisted on believing Jesus to be the type of Messiah they had anticipated--chiefly political."
- "Like Father, Like Son: The Role of Abraham in Tabernacles - John 8:31-59," Mary Coloe, 1999.
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"Wrestling with Johannine Anti-Judaism: A Hermeneutical Framework for the
Analysis of the Current Debate," R. Bieringer, D. Pollefeyt, F.
Vandecasteele-Vanneuville, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Bible
and Interpretation.
- "The locus classicus of this problem is John 8:31-59 where, at the climax of the conflict, the Johannine Jesus refers to the Jews as children of the devil (8:44). We are confronted here with alleged anti-Jewish tendencies at the core of a central expression of the Christian faith, not just localised in one place of worship, but with universal impact."
- "Liar Liar and 'This Woman' in John 7:1 - 8:59: From Rhetorical Analysis to Intertextual Reading," Jeffrey L. Staley, Seattle University.
- "Truth and Freedom," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2015.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Bisnauth, Dale A.,
"A Re-Reading of John in the Struggle for Liberation," International
Review of Mission.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cory, Catherine,
"Wisdom's Rescue: A New Reading of the Tabernacles Discourse (John
7:1-8:59)," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hroboň, Bohdan, "Freedom, Blessing, and Safety: Icons
of American Christianity," Word & World, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hunn, Debbie,
"Who Are 'They' in John 8:33?" The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kinghorn, Johann,
"John 8:32 - The Freedom of Truth," International Review of Mission.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Laubenstein, Paul F.,
"The Most Abused Biblical Verse," Interpretation, 1948.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rogers, Jeffrey
S., "Texts of Terror and the Essence of Scripture: Encountering the
Jesus of John 8: A Sermon on John 8:31-59," Review & Expositor,
2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Moltmann, Jürgen,
"Control Is Good -- Trust Is Better: Freedom and Security in a 'Free
World,'" Theology Today, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bisnauth, Dale A.,
"A Re-Reading of John in the Struggle for Liberation," International
Review of Mission.
- Sermons:
- "Seeing the Chains of Bondage," Reformation Sunday - 30 October 2005, David Zersen, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
- "Freedom Day is Coming!" Michael Cooper-White, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, 2003.
- "Truth Lasts Forever," the Rev. Duane Steele, Day 1, 2001.
- "What Is a Lutheran?" Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
- With Children:
- "The Truth Makes Us Free," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Drama:
- "Breaking the Chains," John McNeil, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: John 8:32, 36. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of John
