George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
John 6:37
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Nisi pater traxerit eum. St. Augustine, trac. 26, p. 495. noli te cogitare invitum trahi; trahitur animus et amore. -trahit sua quemque voluptas. Virg. Ecl. ii.
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Nisi pater traxerit eum. St. Augustine, trac. 26, p. 495. noli te cogitare invitum trahi; trahitur animus et amore. -trahit sua quemque voluptas. Virg. Ecl. ii.
Verse 37. _ALL THAT THE FATHER GIVETH ME_] The neuter gender, παν, is probably used here for the masculine, πας. _SHALL COME TO ME_] All that are _drawn_ by the Father, John 6:44, i.e. all those who...
ALL - The original word is in the neuter gender, but it is used, doubtless, for the masculine, or perhaps refers to his people considered as a mass or body, and means that every individual that the Fa...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Feeding of the Five Thousand Men. (John 6:1 .)_ 2. The Attempt to Make Him King, (John 6:15 .) 3. The Stormy Sea. “It is I, be not afraid.” (John 6:16 .) 4. The Discourse on the...
THE DESIRE FOR A SIGN: THE TRUE MANNA. After raising their expectations He had refused to go forward. In answer to their surprise at finding Him so soon across the lake He tells them why. Their hopes...
ALL THAT THE FATHER GIVETH ME WILL COME TO ME. Christ here, as elsewhere, shows that the power is of the Father. The Jews may reject him, but all whom the Father gives, of every race, will come to him...
Jesus said to them: "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never hunger, and he who believes in me will never thirst any more. But I tell you, though you have seen me, yet you do not believe...
THE LOAVES AND FISHES (John 6:1-13)...
ALL. Whatever (Neut. singular) COME... COMETH. "come". reach, denoting arrival; "cometh" denotes the act and process. IN NO WISE. Greek. _ou me._ App-105. As "never" in John 6:35. CAST OUT. Referrin...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
Digression on the blessedness of those who come to Christ as believers 37. _All that the Father giveth … him that cometh_ There is a significant change of gender in the Greek which is obscured in the...
The Discourse on the Son as the Support of Life God's revealed word and created world are unhappily alike in this; that the most beautiful places in each are often the scene and subject of strife. Th...
Digression on the blessedness of those who come to Christ as believers...
ΠΑ͂Ν Ὃ … ΤῸΝ ἘΡΧ. Note the significant change of gender. What is given (see on John 3:35) is treated as impersonal and neuter, mankind _en masse_ (comp. John 3:6); what comes, with free will, is mascu...
_Identification of the Spiritual Bread with Christ _...
THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SUPPORT OF LIFE God’s revealed word and created world are unhappily alike in this; that the most beautiful places in each are often the scene and subject of strife. Thi...
par Ver 35. And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes in me shall never thirst. 36. But I said to you, That you also have seen, and...
_TEACHING ABOUT THE BREAD OF LIFE -- JOHN 6:22-65:_ On the next day the multitude realized that Jesus was gone and they went to find Him. The people asked Jesus how or when He got to Capernaum. Jesus...
ΔΊΔΩΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act., см._ John 6:31. _Praes._ относится здесь к ожиданию Сына; в ст. 39 perf. указывает на дар как на завершенный по воле Отца (Morris), ΉΞΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΉΚ (G2240) прих...
DISCOURSE: 1639 CHRIST’S WILLINGNESS TO RECEIVE SINNERS John 6:37. _Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out_. IT is a pleasing reflection that there is a people secured to Christ, who, havin...
ALL THAT THE FATHER GIVETH ME, &C.— For the explication of these words it must be noted, 1st, That to believe in Christ, and to come to him, is the same thing. Compare John 5 John 6:38 with John 6:40....
THE BREAD OF LIFE, I _Text 6:30-40_ 30 They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wil...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 6:28-40 Below we give an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— It is both important and instructive to observe the connection between John 5 and Jo...
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. ALL THAT [WHICH] THE FATHER GIVETH ME SHALL COME TO ME: AND HIM THAT COMETH TO ME I WILL IN NO...
34 Eating to supply the demands of physical hunger and thirst is but a symbol of the spiritual satisfaction apart from which life is debased to mere existence. Desires and aspirations for spiritual su...
6:37 All (e-1) Lit. 'whatever.'...
THE BREAD OF LIFE John 6:1 to John 7:1. Feeding the five thousand. Walking upon the sea. Discourse upon the bread of life. Defection of many disciples. The Apostles stand firm. Returning from Jerusal...
DISCOURSE ON THE BREAD OF LIFE. As in John 4 Jesus is the giver of 'living water,' so here He is the 'living bread' or 'manna' of the soul. Such language had been to some extent prepared for by OT. re...
Those whom the Father 'gives' to Christ, are those who actually come. The Father desires the salvation of every man, and draws all men to Christ (John 3:16; John 12:32), but some refuse to come (John...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 6 JESUS FEEDS 5000 MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES 6:1-15 V1 After this, Jesus went across Lake *Galilee. (Lake *Galilee was cal...
ALL THAT THE FATHER GIVETH ME. — There is something startling in this power of the human will to reject the fullest evidence, and to remain unbelieving, after the proof which it has itself demanded as...
NOTE ON CHAP. VI., VERS. 37, 44, 45. Three terms are used in these verses which call for examination,-“giving,” “drawing,” “teaching.” The two latter are used in a connection which leaves little room...
CHAPTER 14 JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE. John 6:1. In this chapter John follows the same method as in the last. He first relates the sign, and then gives our Lord's interpretation of it. As to the Samari...
No; for πᾶν ὃ δίδωσι … ἥξει. “Everything which the Father gives”; the neuter is used as being more universal than the masculine and including everything which the Father determines to save from the wo...
THE FATHER'S WILL JESUS' LAW OF LIFE John 6:30-40 On the day following, our Lord had to encounter, first the demand of the people for a continuation of the miracle of the preceding night, John 6:25-4...
The whole chapter really records things resulting from the conflict recorded in the previous one. Having crossed the sea, Jesus first fed the multitude, and they, enamored of His ability, attempted to...
(8) All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (8) The gift of faith proceeds from the free election of the Father in Christ, after which ev...
CHAPTER 33 PUZZLE OF THE MULTITUDE John 6:22-71. _“On the following day the multitude, standing beyond the sea, saw that there was no other ship except one, and that Jesus did not go along with His d...
II. THE DISCOURSES: JOHN 6:22-65. This section contains, first an historical introduction (John 6:22-24), then a series of conversations and discourses (John 6:25-65)....
1. VV. 25-40. This first phase is made up of four brief dialogues, each including a question of the Jews and an answer of Jesus. The last of these answers is more fully developed; Jesus expresses in...
“ _All that which the Father gives me shall come unto me; and him who comes to me I will in no wise cast out;_ 38 _for I am come down from heaven to do_, _not my own will, but the will of him who sent...
The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with h...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
_THE GOLDEN PROMISE_ ‘Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.’ John 6:37 When a penitent sinner ventures to come to the Lord, he is so keenly alive to his condition that a word, a look, w...
37._All that the Father giveth me. _That their unbelief may not detract anything from his doctrine, he says, that the cause of so great obstinacy is, that they are reprobate, and do not belong to the...
In chapter 6, then, it is the Lord come down from heaven, humbled and put to death, not now as the Son of God, one with the Father, the source of life; but as He who, although He was Jehovah and at th...
ALL THAT THE FATHER GIVETH ME,.... The "all" design not the apostles only, who were given to Christ as such; for these did not all, in a spiritual manner, come to him, and believe in him; one of them...
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. Ver. 37. _All that the Father giveth me_] Gr. παντα, all things, that is, the whole community of...
_But I said_, &c. But valuable as these blessings of my grace are, you are little disposed to pursue and accept them. For _ye also have seen me, and believe not_ You have seen a manifestation of my tr...
GIVETH ME; ISAIAH 53:10-12; JOHN 17:2; EPHESIANS 1:3-12. COME TO ME; this means the same as he before meant by eating his flesh, or believing on him, and as he afterwards meant by drinkin
Jesus the Bread of Life:...
ALL THAT THE FATHER GIVETH ME SHALL COME TO ME; AND HIM THAT COMETH TO ME I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT....
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND (vs.1-13) The setting here is no longer Jerusalem, but Galilee, and the contrast to the beginning of chapter 5 is striking. For here grace shines out beautifully, available...
36-46 The discovery of their guilt, danger, and remedy, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, makes men willing and glad to come, and to give up every thing which hinders applying to him for salvation....
Here ariseth a great question amongst interpreters of various persuasions, what giving of the Father is here meant; whether an eternal designation of persons to eternal life, in order to the obtaining...
Tertullian Against Praxeas No man indeed was able to come to Him, except the Father attracted him; whereas every one who had heard and learnt of the Father came to Him."[269] Cyprian Epistle LXXII...
John 6:37 All G3956 that G3739 Father G3962 gives G1325 (G5719) Me G3427 come G2240 (G5692) to...
“All whom the Father gives to me will come to me, and him who comes to me I will in no way cast out.” Happily, however, there would be those who _would_ respond and would recognise Him for what He w...
THE BREAD OF LIFE, EATING HIS FLESH AND DRINKING HIS BLOOD (JOHN 6:26). The narrative that follows must be carefully divided up if it is to be properly understood. There are in fact three clearly dif...
WORDS TO THE CROWDS (JOHN 6:26). Jesus' initial words were spoken to the crowds who had followed Him. These were the more simple folk whose thoughts were on more food, and miraculous provision. They w...
John 6:37. ALL THAT WHICH THE FATHER GIVETH ME SHALL COME TO ME; AND HIM THAT IS COMING TO ME I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT. These words have been understood by some as a reproach: ‘How different are ye...
In the miracle of the multiplying of the bread Jesus has symbolically presented Himself as the true bread of life. This thought is now unfolded in the various discourses with which the remainder of th...
ALL THAT (παν ο). Collective use of the neuter singular, classic idiom, seen also in John 6:39; John 17:2; John 17:24; 1 John 5:4. Perhaps the notion of unity lik...
These people had crossed the Sea of Galilee, and gone to Capernaum, «seeking for Jesus.» It seemed a very hopeful sign that they should be willing to make such efforts to find Christ, but see how the...
John 6:1. _After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were disease...
John 6:14. _Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come an...
John 6:22. The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went...
John 6:22. The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went...
John 6:30. _They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them b...
CONTENTS: Feeding the 5000. Walking on the sea. Discourse on the Bread of Life. Peter's confession of faith. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, boy, Moses, Joseph. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, the true...
John 6:2. _A great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles._ But being dull of apprehension, they seemed to have no idea that the Lord could feed the hungry, as well as heal the sick. Ch...
EVERYONE WHOM MY FATHER GIVES ME. The Bible shows us that a certain type of person responds to the Good News. People who will respond are called "my people" by God before they confess him (Acts 18:9-1...
_The day following_ JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE I. OUR LORD’S AVOWAL OF HIS DIVINE NATURE AND HIS HEAVENLY ERRAND. More than thirty times in this one discourse does He use the personal pronouns “Me” and...
_All that the Father hath given Me shall come unto Me, and him that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out_ THE CERTAINTY AND FREENESS OF DIVINE GRACE I. GRACE TRIUMPHANT IN SPECIALITY. 1. Chris...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 6:37 WHOEVER COMES TO ME I WILL NEVER CAST OUT. No one who responds to the gospel should ever fear being rejected by God. ⇐...
CHAPTER 6 VER. 1. _After this_, &c. Tiberias is here named, because the desert in which Christ fed the five thousand was near to Tiberias. _After this_, not immediately, but almost a year afterwards....
_Every thing,_ &c. There is an anticipation, thus, "Ye will object against Me, 'If Thou knewest that we would not believe Thy preaching, why dost thou preach to us?' I reply, 'Because there are some o...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 6:22. NONE OTHER BOAT, RATHER LITTLE SHIP (πλοιάριον).—The meaning of this long and complicated sentence is plain. A number of the crowd who had been present when...
EXPOSITION JOHN 6:1 2. _Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source_. JOHN 6:1 (1) _The supply of human wants illustrated by a well known _"_si...
Now we have an indeterminate rate of time. Jesus was in Jerusalem when He was saying these things, they were as a result of this blind man...or the lame man, rather, who was healed there at the pool o...
1 John 2:19; 1 Timothy 1:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14;...
All that [π α ν ο]. The neuter singular of the adjective and pronoun. All believers are regarded as one complete whole. Compare John 17:24, according to the correct reading, "that which Thou hast give...
THE BREAD OF LIFE John 6:33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When the devil said to Christ. "If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread," the Lord quickly unsheathed the sword of the Spiri...
All that the Father giveth me — All that feel themselves lost, and follow the drawings of the Father, he in a peculiar manner giveth to the Son: will come to me — By faith. And him that thus cometh to...
Our blessed Saviour having lamented the obstinate infidelity of the Jews in the foregoing verse, who, though they had seen him, would not believe on him; he doth in this verse comfort himself with the...