38. For I came down from heaven not to do Mine own will—to play an independent part. but—in respect to both the foregoing things, the divine and the human side of salvation. the will of Him that sent Me—What this twofold will of Him that sent Him is, we are next sublimely told (John 6:39; John 6:40): read more
39. And this—in the first place. is the will of Him that sent me, that of all—everything. which He hath given Me—(taking up the identical words of :-). I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day—The meaning is not, of course, that He is charged to keep the objects entrusted to Him as He received them, so as they should merely suffer nothing in His hands. For as they were just "perishing" sinners of Adam's family, to let "nothing" of such "be lost," but "raise them up at the... read more
40. And this—in the second place. is the will of Him that sent Me, that every one which seeth the Son and believeth on Him—seeing the Son believeth on Him. may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day—This is the human side of the same thing as in the foregoing verse, and answering to "Him that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out"; that is, I have it expressly in charge that everyone that so "beholdeth" (so vieweth) the Son as to believe on Him shall have everlasting... read more
41-46. Jews murmured—muttered, not in our Lord's hearing, but He knew it (John 6:43; John 2:25). he said, I am the bread, &c.—Missing the sense and glory of this, and having no relish for such sublimities, they harp upon the "Bread from heaven." "What can this mean? Do we not know all about Him—where, when, and of whom He was born? And yet He says He came down from heaven!" read more
43, 44. Murmur not . . . No man—that is, Be not either startled or stumbled at these sayings; for it needs divine teaching to understand them, divine drawing to submit to them. read more
44. can come to me—in the sense of John 6:35. except the Father which hath sent me—that is, the Father as the Sender of Me and to carry out the design of My mission. draw him—by an internal and efficacious operation; though by all the means of rational conviction, and in a way altogether consonant to their moral nature (Song of Solomon 1:4; Jeremiah 31:3; Hosea 11:3; Hosea 11:4). raise him up, &c.—(See on John 6:54). read more
45. written in the prophets—in Isaiah 54:13; Jeremiah 31:33; Jeremiah 31:34; other similar passages may also have been in view. Our Lord thus falls back upon Scripture authority for this seemingly hard saying. all taught of God—not by external revelation merely, but by internal illumination, corresponding to the "drawing" of Jeremiah 31:34- :. Every man therefore, c.—that is, who hath been thus efficaciously taught of Him. cometh unto me—with absolute certainty, yet in the sense above given of... read more
46. Not that any man hath seen, c.—Lest they should confound that "hearing and learning of the Father," to which believers are admitted by divine teaching, with His own immediate access to Him, He here throws in a parenthetical explanation stating, as explicitly as words could do it, how totally different the two cases were, and that only He who is "from God" hath this naked, immediate access to the Father. (See John 1:18). read more
47-51. He that believeth, c.—(See on John 3:36 John 3:36- :). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 6:37
37-40. All that, c.—This comprehensive and very grand passage is expressed with a peculiar artistic precision. The opening general statement ( :-) consists of two members: (1) "ALL THAT THE FATHER GIVETH ME SHALL COME TO ME"—that is, "Though ye, as I told you, have no faith in Me, My errand into the world shall in no wise be defeated for all that the Father giveth Me shall infallibly come to Me." Observe, what is given Him by the Father is expressed in the singular number and neuter... read more