John 8:32
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 25:5Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long.
Proverbs 1:29Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.
Isaiah 2:3And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 35:8And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein.
Matthew Henry on John 8:32-38
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son… Read the whole commentary →