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John 8:32

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8:32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 1 

John 8:36

Context
8:36 So if the son 2  sets you free, you will be really free.
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[8:32]  1 tn Or “the truth will release you.” The translation “set you free” or “release you” (unlike the more traditional “make you free”) conveys more the idea that the hearers were currently in a state of slavery from which they needed to be freed. The following context supports precisely this idea.

[8:36]  2 tn Or “Son.” The question is whether “son” is to be understood as a direct reference to Jesus himself, or as an indirect reference (a continuation of the generic illustration begun in the previous verse).



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