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John 6:38
For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.
For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.
Verse 38. _NOT TO DO MINE OWN WILL_] I am come, not to act according to human motives, passions, or prejudices; but according to infinite wisdom, goodness, and mercy. Jewish passions and prejudices wo...
FOR I CAME DOWN ... - This verse shows that he came for a specific purpose, which he states in the next verse, and means that, as he came to do his Father’s will, he would be faithful to the trust. Th...
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...
FOR. CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, NOT TO DO MINE OWN WILL. Christ will refuse none who come to him; all such are given by the Father and he came to do the Father's will. He did not come to choose such foll...
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)...
I CAME DOWN. I am come down. WILL. Greek. _thelema._ App-102. SENT. See note on John 1:22....
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...
_I came down_ Better, I AM COME _down_or _have descended_. Four times in this discourse Christ declares that He is come down from heaven; John 6:38; John 6:50-51; John 6:58. The drift of these three v...
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...
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...
_Identification of the Spiritual Bread with Christ _...
Digression on the blessedness of those who come to Christ as believers...
ἈΠΌ for ἐκ (from John 6:33; John 6:41; John 6:51). 38. ὍΤΙ ΚΑΤΑΒ. BECAUSE I AM COME DOWN. Four times in this discourse Christ declares His descent from heaven; John
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...
ΚΑΤΑΒΈΒΗΚΑPERF. _ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G2597) спускаться, нисходить. _Perf._ подчеркивает завершение действия и его результаты: Он спустился к нам, и Он здесь, ΠΟΙΏ _praes. conj. act., см._ John 6...
I CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, &C.— "I came not to act according to the bent of human passions, which lead men to return whatever injuries are done them; and therefore I will not instantly leave off exhorti...
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...
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. FOR I CAME DOWN [OR 'HAVE COME DOWN' katabebeeka (G2597 )] FROM HEAVEN, NOT TO DO MINE OWN WILL, BUT THE WIL...
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...
6:38 from (f-6) Some authorities read 'out of' -- _ ek_ ....
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...
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...
NOT TO DO MINE OWN WILL. — Comp. John 5:30. He has spoken of the Father’s gift and of human action. He now once more identifies His own will with that of the Father, and yet states the fact of His pos...
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...
ὅτι καταβέβηκα … ἡμέρᾳ. Everywhere Jesus forestalls the idea that He is speaking for Himself, and is uttering merely human judgments, or is in any way regulated in His action by what is arbitrary: it...
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...
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine (k) own will, but the will of him that sent me. (k) See above in (John 5:22)....
Christ does not say this as if he did not whatever he wished; but he recommends to us his humility. He who comes to me shall not be cast forth, but shall be incorporated with me, because he shall not...
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...
“ _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...
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...
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)....
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...
38._For I came down from heaven. _This is a confirmation of the preceding statement, that we do not seek Christ in vain. For faith is a work of God, by which he shows that we are his people, and appoi...
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...
FOR I CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN,.... by change of place, or local motion; for Christ is the immense, infinite, and omnipresent God, and cannot be said properly to move from place to place; for he fills al...
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. Ver. 38. _Not to do mine own will_] As man, he did his Father's will; as God, he hath the same will with the Fa...
_For I came down from heaven_ Into this lower world; _not to do mine own will_ Or to seek any separate interest of my own; _but the will of him that sent me_ Who is loving to every man, and willeth no...
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....
Our Lord confirmeth what he had before said concerning his gracious reception of believers, and preserving them by his grace in their state of grace, so that they shall not be cast out with reprobates...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians What man could ever say, "I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me? "[25] Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh Yo...
John 6:38 For G3754 down G2597 (G5758) from G1537 heaven G3772 not G3756 to G2443 do G4160 ...
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...
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...
‘For I am come down from Heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me'. He stresses once again that He has come down from Heaven, and that in order to do the Father's will. It is impo...
John 6:38. BECAUSE I HAVE COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, NOT TO DO MINE OWN WILL, BUT THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT ME. The previous verse was full of the power and energy of love; but even then Jesus expresses n...
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...
I AM COME DOWN (καταβεβηκα). Perfect active indicative of καταβαινω. See on John 6:33 for frequent use of this phrase by Jesus. Here απο is correct rather than εκ with του ουρανου.NOT TO DO (ουχ...
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 6:30. _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...
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 6:22. 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 6:14. _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...
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...
_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...
_For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me_ THE LOVE OF THE FATHER The amazing love of the Father appears I. IN HIS SPARING THIS GUILTY WORLD, though He...
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....
_For I came down_, &c Christ gives the reason why He will not cast out him whom the Father hath given Him, viz., because He Himself came in flesh, and into the world, for this end alone, that He might...
_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...
Ephesians 4:9; Hebrews 10:7; Hebrews 5:8; Isaiah 53:10; John 3:13;...
From heaven [ε κ τ ο υ ο υ ρ α ν ο υ]. But the best texts read ejk, from, instead of ejk, out of, the idea being rather that of departure (I came down) than of origin. I came down should be as Rev. (I...
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...
In these words our Saviour gives us the confirmation of the foregoing promise, that he will in no wise cast out those that come unto him, by assuring us, that it was the great end for which he came in...