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John 8:33 Cross-References
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“They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?”
John 8:33 (KJV)
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Commentary on John 8:33
We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man—This response reveals staggering historical amnesia or deliberate evasion. The claim 'never in bondage' (οὐδενὶ δεδουλεύκαμεν πώποτε/oudeni dedouleukamen pōpote) is demonstrably false. Israel's defining national narrative begins with Egyptian slavery (Exodus 1-15). The judges period featured repeated subjugation to Canaanites, Midianites, Philistines. The Babylonian exile lasted 70 years. As Jesus spoke, Roman legions occupied Judea, Roman governors ruled from Caesarea, and Roman taxes funded pagan temples.Yet they claim 'never in bond...
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Cross-References for John 8:33
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“'We have Abraham for our father”
“Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them”
“Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.,And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;,וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָם יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע כִּי־גֵר יִהְיֶה זַרְעֲךָ בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא לָהֶם וַעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ אֹתָם אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה׃ ,And He said unto Abram: Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs”
“We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [on] our fields and our vineyards.”
“yet you seek to kill me”
“who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble”
“And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.”
“and his mother's sister”
“whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.”
“we are servants this day”