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譯本是參照 AFV (A Faithful Version) 2009
31. Therefore, Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. 32. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” 33. They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. What do You mean by saying, ‘You shall become free’?” 34. Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a servant of sin. 35. And the servant does not live in the house forever; but the Son lives forever. 36. Therefore, if the Son shall set you free, you shall truly be free. 37. I know that you are Abraham’s seed; but you are seeking to kill Me, because My words do not enter into your minds. 38. I speak the things that I have seen from My Father, and you do the things that you have seen from your father.” 39. They answered and said to Him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40. But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God; Abraham did not do this. 41. You are doing the works of your father.” Then they said to Him, “We have not been born of fornication. We have one Father, and that is God.” 42. Therefore, Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, because I proceeded forth and came from God. For I have not come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43. Why don’t you understand My speech? Because you cannot bear to hear My words. 44. You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you desire to practice. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he is speaking from his own self; for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45. And because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. 46. Which one of you can convict Me of sin? But if I speak the truth, why don’t you believe Me? 47. The one who is of God hears the words of God. For this reason you do not hear, because you are not of God.” (A Faithful Version)
31. 耶穌對信他的猶太人說:若常遵守我的道,就真是我的門徒。
32. 你們必曉得真理,真理必使你們得自由。
33. 他們回答說:我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔,從來沒有對誰屈服過。你說使我們得自由是什麼意思?
34. 耶穌回應:我說的話是事實,人只要不停去做錯事,就成了奴僕。
35. 常犯錯的,這人不願留在家裡,兒子不同,願意留在家中。
36. 因此,你若是兒子,就有自由,是你真正擁有的自由。
37. 我曉得你們是亞伯拉罕的後裔,卻想殺我,那是我說的道未能溶入到你們的思想。
38. 我說的道理,是從我父那處學會,而你們所做的,是從生父當中學習得來。
39. 他們立即回應:亞伯拉罕是我們的父。耶穌說:若是亞伯拉罕的兒子,就必行亞伯拉罕所行。
40. 可是,現在你們就想殺我!我只是說實話的人,說的都是從神那處得來,亞伯拉罕不曾想過去做這決定。
41. 你們做的決定,是肉身的父會做的事。他們很聰明地回應:我們的出身不是從淫亂生來,只有一位父親,就是神
42. 耶穌對他們說:倘若神是你們的父,就會愛我;我是從那處到你們當中,我不是自己來,是被差來。
43. 你們怎麼就不明白我說的道?是因為你們抗拒。
44. 事實上,惡魔才是你們的父,你們行出來,全是這父內中的私慾。這魔打從起初就滿懷殺戮之意,不願與真理對峙,這魔的心內不存真理。每當說謊,是自己的心中想的,都是謊言,是欺騙人的始作俑者。
45. 你們只為我說的是真話,就不信我。
46. 你們當中誰能指出我的錯處?若我說的是實話,為什麼不信?
47. 若人信神,能聽出這是神的話。你們聽不進,是因為你們不信神。
這些猶太人原來是信神,就是不信耶穌是神差來。他們為什麼不信?這段描述他們的不信,不是邏輯上的認知,那是什麼?是個人,是體貼肉身,是不明白人與人之間相處之道,是自己的私慾…等。
當時的猶太人為何不信耶穌?今日的你又何以相信?
耶穌對當時的猶太人提出一個簡單又純粹的一問,猶太人你認識神,怎麼就不認識我?猶太人認識神?他們認識的是先祖相信的那位,只是今日離他先祖那個時代太遠。耶穌在展示於現實中,是他們祖先認識的那位的差來的,是可以從道理當中去體會,去比對。用什麼比對?摩西的律法。
律法出現,是什麼緣因?它不是控制人,是讓人知道在和諧中,人要自我犧牲各自的自由,才有和諧的可能。又要有愛心,才不會因為犧牲了自由而感不值。人,看到了因為履行律例要有制度,於是人去立法立律。這立例的人,是人人信任,由信任產生了權力。律例是中性,有權的人,因被信任,就可以按自己喜好去作出解釋。
當日摩西立律沒有使用武力,人力是維持秩序,不同今日的處境,人力不是去控制。更為不同的地方是,律法不是信仰,若有信仰中的愛為原則,這就與今日立法的觀念有了很大的差別,法律不是用作懲罰,就如當日神不定該隱為有罪的緣由。
猶太人不明耶穌說的,今日,似乎也是一樣。因為耶穌早就曉得,約翰明白耶穌的想法,便將這守法不同守住對神的信心那般重要性 (v.44) 展現出來。守法是人的傳統方式,是從父輩流傳下來。守住信心,以愛行事,那是因信神,就不以守住人定律例,去處理人與人之間的事。
耶穌講真話沒有人信,在人的社會,又不明信仰是什麼,人人都說是的,成了真話,其實這守法的話,當中沒有愛。在耶穌的觀念,愛是從神而起,只是在人的理解,不守法,就成了不正確不對有違真理。要將耶穌說的話當真,若觀念不改,可能嗎?
耶穌被釘,相信是因為人的無知,無知讓人犯錯,犯錯不改成了犯罪。神的愛仍舊視犯錯的人不是犯罪,這就說明神是愛。第35節:常犯錯的,這人不願留在家裡,兒子不同,願意留在家中。

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