John 6:40

And this is the will of him that sent me The true reading is; For this is the will of My Father. The opening words of John 6:39-40, being very similar, have become confused in inferior MSS. The best MSS. have -Father" in this verse, where -the Son" is mentioned, not in John 6:39, where He is not. Moreover this verse is explanatory of John 6:40, and opens with -for;" it shews who are meant by -all which He hath given me," viz. every one that contemplateth the Son and believeth on Him. -Seeth" is not strong enough for the Greek word here used: the Jews had seen Jesus; they had not contemplated Him so as to believe. -Contemplate" is frequent in S. John and the Acts, elsewhere not. Comp. John 12:45; John 14:19; John 16:10; John 16:16; John 16:19. -That" again = in order that.

I will raise him up The Greek construction is ambiguous; possibly -raise" depends upon -that" as in John 6:39: and that I should raise him up. -I" is here very emphatic; -by My power as Messiah."