Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
John 6:64
Jesus knew from the beginning ... - As this implied a knowledge of the heart, and of the secret principles and motives of men, it shows that he must have been omniscient.
Jesus knew from the beginning ... - As this implied a knowledge of the heart, and of the secret principles and motives of men, it shows that he must have been omniscient.
JOHN 6:64 ti,nej eivsi.n oi` mh. pisteu,ontej kai, {B} The omission of these words from several witnesses (î66* 1344* ite syrc, s) is no doubt the result of oversight in transcription, occasioned per...
Verse 64. _BUT THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT BELIEVE NOT._] This is addressed to Judas, and to those disciples who left him: John 6:66. _AND WHO SHOULD BETRAY HIM_] Or, _who would deliver him up_. Beca...
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...
FURTHER JEWISH OBJECTIONS. Further advance is made by the use for the first time of the phrase, to eat the flesh. To their question How? Jesus answers that the gift of life can be obtained only by suc...
THERE ARE SOME OF YOU WHO BELIEVE NOT. Had no living, appropriating, trusting faith....
When they had heard this discourse many of his disciples said: "This word is hard! Who is able to listen to it?" Jesus well knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring about this; so he said...
THE LOAVES AND FISHES (John 6:1-13)...
FROM THE BEGINNING. First occurance of _"ex arches"_ in John. As in John 1:1, the _Ellipsis_ of dependent noun must be supplied here, and in the only other occurrence (John 16:4): "from the beginning...
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...
_some of you that believe not_ There were some of those who followed Him and called themselves His disciples, who still did not believe on Him. The better order is, there are OF YOU SOME. _knew from t...
OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE DISCOURSE...
ἘΞ ὙΜΩ͂Ν ΤΙΝΕΣ. OF YOU SOME; for the order comp. ἐξ ὑμ. εἶς, John 6:70. Some followed Him without believing on Him. ἘΞ�. The meaning of ἀρχή always depends on the context (see on John 1:1; John 15:27)...
par Ver 60. Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? 61. When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said to them,...
_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...
ΉΔΕΙ _plperf. ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ ΠΑΡΑΔΏΣΩΝ _fut. act. part. от_ ΠΑΡΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G3860) передавать, предавать. Subst. part. указывает на отличительную черту чел...
FOR JESUS KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING— Our Lord insinuates, that he _knew_ who would believe in him among the vast multitude of his auditors; and more particularly, that he knew who would continue his dis...
THE BREAD OF LIFE, EXPLAINED _Text 6:60-65_ 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? 61 But Jesus knowing in himself that his discip...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 6:60-71 The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us: It is indeed pathetic to find that here in Galilee Christ met with no...
But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. BUT THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT BELIEVE NOT. FOR JESUS KNEW...
56 Just as Nicodemus failed to see the figure when our Lord spoke to him about the new birth, so now His followers fail to understand when He speaks of feeding on His flesh and blood. There is a subtl...
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...
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...
THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT BELIEVE NOT. — Later, the word “disciple” became synonymous with the word “believer,” but there are those now following Him just as they would follow any Rabbi, and, regardi...
CHAPTER 15 THE CRISIS IN GALILEE. “Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? But Jesus knowing in Himself that His disciples murmured at thi...
But τινὲς οὐ πιστεύουσιν, and therefore do not receive the life. This Jesus said ἤδει γὰρ … αὐτόν, for Jesus knew from the first who they were that believed not, and who it was who should betray Him....
_The crisis in Galilee_....
THE SIFTING OF JESUS' FOLLOWERS John 6:60-71 The teaching of this chapter involves a deliberate act of Christ to arrest the revolutionary movement that was gathering around His person and making Him...
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...
The flesh profiteth nothing. Dead flesh, separated from the spirit, in the gross manner they supposed they were to eat his flesh, would profit nothing. Neither doth man's flesh, that is to say, man's...
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...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 60-65. The very difficulty in the way of understanding, which has just been referred to, caused the division between the temporary and permanent disciples...
“ _But there are among you some that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him;_ 65 _and he said: For this cause have I said...
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)....
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying: who can hear it? (61) When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth thi...
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...
64._But there are some of you who do not believe. _He again imputes blame to them, because, being destitute of _the Spirit, _they wickedly corrupt and debase his doctrine, and thus turn it to their ru...
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...
BUT THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT BELIEVE NOT,.... Notwithstanding the ministry they sat under, and the words they heard; for though they professed to believe in Jesus, as the Messiah, yet they did not t...
But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. Ver. 64. _But there are some of you that believe not_] And he...
_When Jesus knew_ Greek, ειδως δε ο Ιησους εν εαυτω, _Jesus knowing in himself; that his disciples murmured at it_ Though they did not speak out their objections and scruples; _said, Doth this_, which...
THAT BELIEVE NOT; this shows that by eating his flesh he meant believing on him....
BUT THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT BELIEVE NOT. FOR JESUS KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING WHO THEY WERE THAT BELIEVED NOT, AND WHO SHOULD BETRAY HIM....
THE OFFENSE OF MANY DISCIPLES. The disciples murmur:...
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...
60-65 The human nature of Christ had not before been in heaven, but being God and man, that wondrous Person was truly said to have come down from heaven. The Messiah's kingdom was not of this world;...
I may say what I will to you; the Spirit quickeneth, but it doth not quicken all; it only quickeneth whomsoever it pleaseth. You understand not these things, but have most gross conceptions of sublime...
A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop That Judas, who was chosen among the apostles, who was always of one mind and faithful in the house of God, himself subsequently betraye...
John 6:64 But G235 are G1526 (G5748) some G5100 of G1537 you G5216 who G3739 not G3756 believe...
‘But there are some of you who do not believe' (for Jesus knew from the beginning which of them did not believe, and who it was who would betray him). And he said, “That is why I told you that no one...
THE DISCIPLES MUST NOW FACE UP TO WHO HE IS (JOHN 6:60). The discourse began with the challenge to the crowds. It then moved on to the challenge to the Judaisers. Now it becomes a challenge to the di...
John 6:64. BUT THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT BELIEVE NOT. Even of these who had heard the last words, so mercifully spoken for the removal of their difficulties, there were some who continued in unbelief...
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...
THAT BELIEVE NOT (ο ου πιστευουσιν). Failure to believe kills the life in the words of Jesus.KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING (ηιδε εξ αρχης). In the N.T. we have εξ αρχης only here and John 16:4, but απ'...
John 6:41. _The Jews then murmured at him,_ That is, at our blessed Lord: «The Jews then murmured at him,» John 6:41. Because he said, I am the bread which came down from heavens. And they said, Is...
John 6:41. _The Jews then murmured at him,_ That is, at the Christ, John 6:41. _Because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whos...
John 6:41. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it t...
We shall read tonight part of that blessed sixth chapter of John's Gospel, beginning at the forty-first verse. John 6:41. _The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came do...
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...
THIS IS THE VERY REASON. It is correct to say that the Holy Spirit gives or produces faith through hearing and believing the gospel (Galatians 3:2). See notes on John 6:44-45....
_Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?_ THE DEFECTION OF THE DISCIPLES I. OCCASIONED BY A HARD SAYING (John 6:60). It was unquestionably...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 6:64 Jesus’ divine nature is proven by his knowledge of people’s hearts and their future actions. ⇐ ⇔
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....
VER. 59. _This is the bread_, &c. He intimates the same thing which I have said at the end of the foregoing verse. For Christ came down from heaven not as man, but as God. Wherefore he who eateth Him...
_It is the spirit which quickeneth_ : _the flesh_, Arabic _, the body_, &c. The Calvinists bring forward against us these words of Christ to show that in the Eucharist there is not the Flesh of Christ...
_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...
2 Timothy 2:19; Acts 15:18; Hebrews 4:13; John 10:26; John 13:10;...
Should betray [π α ρ α δ ω σ ω ν]. See on Matthew 4:12; Mark 4:29. Judas is once in the New Testament designated by the noun prodothv, traitor, Luke 6:16....
But there are some of you who believe not — And so receive no life by them, because you take them in a gross literal sense. For Jesus knew from the beginning — Of his ministry: who would betray him —...
Our blessed Saviour having thus cleared his doctrine, that he was the bread of life which came down from heaven, and that he is not to be carnally, but spiritually, fed upon: he plainly tells the Jews...