John’s Gospel Archive
John 8:31-32 “And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32). The simplest, clearest, straightforward understanding of this text is that truth can be known: “…you will know the truth…” (John 8:32). And rightly as followers of Jesus Christ we should seek to know the truth. Indeed, the Bible has a lot to say about knowing truth (See Psalm 25:5). …
John 8:12-32 “Again Jesus spoke to them…” This continues the interaction and conversation between Jesus, the Jews and the religious authorities we have been seeing since John 5. Now in this verse, we see a clear contrast set before us of light and darkness: “Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” If you are to choose between …
John 8:1-11 You may have heard this common argument that some versions of the Bible are taking out verses out of the Bible. This argument is often made to charge those versions of taking out truth from the Scripture, diluting the Scriptures and reducing the veracity of the Bible. But this charge is far from the truth. Rather, these versions are ensuring we have a …