“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”

—  Jesus

8:32
New Testament, Gospel of John

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Jan. 21, 2023. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." by Jesus?
Jesus photo
Jesus 20
Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Chr… -7–30 BC

Related quotes

Aldous Huxley photo

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.”

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English writer
Flannery O’Connor photo

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.”

Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer

Source: Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters

Louis Farrakhan photo

“You cannot find one synagogue I desecrated. You cannot find one Jewish person I have harmed, except I refuse to be silent when I know the truth. And it was Jesus who said you shall know the truth and the truth will set us free.”

Louis Farrakhan (1933) leader of the Nation of Islam

Farrakhan speaks in Birmingham to support Voting Rights Act https://www.al.com/spotnews/2013/06/farrakhan_speaks_in_birmingham.html (14 June 2013)

Max Heindel photo

“Christ said, "The Truth shall make you free," but Truth is not found once and forever. Truth is eternal, and the quest for Truth must also be eternal.”

Max Heindel book The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception

The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception

Ken Wilber photo

“The truth will not necessarily set you free, but truthfulness will.”

Ken Wilber (1949) American writer and public speaker

Source: A Brief History of Everything

“If Benton had had an administration building with pillars it could have carved over the pillars: Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you guilty.”

Randall Jarrell book Pictures from an Institution

Source: Pictures from an Institution (1954) [novel], Chapter 5, p. 220

Related topics