John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 6:66
66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Ver. 66. Many of his disciples ] They stumbled at the word and fell backward. This is reckoned by St Peter a note of a reprobate, 1 Peter 2:8 . And indeed few sins are more dangerous than that of picking quarrels at God’s word, taking up weapons against it, and snuffing at it, Malachi 1:13 ; replying against it, Romans 9:19-20 ; casting reproaches upon it, Jeremiah 20:8-9 ; enviously swelling at it, Acts 13:45 ;... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 6:65
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. Ver. 65. Therefore said I unto you ] Here some may object, if faith be not in man’s power, why doth he yet complain? and why are any destroyed for lack of faith? Hereunto I might answer with the apostle, "Nay, but, O man, who art thou that replies, (or chattest) against God?" But for further satisfaction, know, 1. That faith was once in man’s power. 2. That no unbeliever doth... read more