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Verse 46. _NOT THAT ANY MAN HATH SEEN THE FATHER_] He does not teach
men by appearing _personally_ before them, or by any other outward
voice than that of his word and messengers; but he teaches by hi...
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NOT THAT ANY MAN HATH SEEN THE FATHER - Jesus added this, evidently,
to guard against mistake. He had said that all who came to him were
taught of God. The teacher was commonly seen and heard by the p...
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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...
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THE MURMURING OF THE JEWS. The changes of persons here (_cf._ John
6:22, the multitude), and of place in John 6:59, show that this
chapter is not intended to record a continuous conversation, but to
g...
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NOT THAT ANY MAN HATH SEEN THE FATHER.
Men do not learn of the Father by seeing and hearing him personally,
but they learn the Father's will and words from the Son....
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a So the Jews kept murmuring about him, because he said: "I am the
bread which came down from heaven." They kept saying: "Is this not
Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can...
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THE LOAVES AND FISHES (John 6:1-13)...
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ANY MAN. any one.
SAVE. Greek. _ei me. if_ not. App-118 and App-105.
OF. from (beside). Greek. _para._ App-104. Implying past and present
union. Compare John 7:29; John 9:16; John 9:33....
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_Not that any man hath seen_ To be enlightened and taught by the
Father it is not necessary to see Him. "That is a privilege reserved
for a later stage in the spiritual life, and is only to be attaine...
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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...
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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...
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43–46. Digression on the difficulty of coming to Christ as a
believer...
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_Identification of the Spiritual Bread with Christ
_...
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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...
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ἙΏΡΑΚΕΝ. see on John 1:18. Hearing is not the same as seeing,
and in order to hear and learn from the Father it is not necessary to
see Him. The result of hearing is to lead men to the only One who ha...
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par
Ver 41. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the
bread which came down from heaven. 42. And they said, Is not this
Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how i...
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_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...
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ΈΏΡΑΚΈΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ, _см._ John 6:30.
_Perf._ подчеркивает непреходящие
результаты. Ни один человек не видел
Отда; таким образом, люди не могут
знать Его. ών _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΙΜΊ...
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NOT THAT ANY MAN HATH SEEN THE FATHER,— "When I speak of men's
hearing and learning of God, I donot mean that they can see the Deity
personally, and be taught of him in the manner that a scholar is
ta...
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THE BREAD OF LIFE, II
_Text 6:41-51_
41
The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the
bread which came down out of heaven.
42
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 6:41-59
The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to
be before us:
The first thirteen verses of John 6 describe the feeding of the
multi...
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Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he
hath seen the Father.
NOT THAT ANY MAN HATH SEEN THE FATHER, EXCEPT HE WHICH IS OF GOD, [
para (G3844) tou (G3588) Theou (G2316)]...
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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...
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6:46 of (b-13) _ Para_ with genitive. 'from with.'...
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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...
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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...
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Only our Lord is 'taught of God' in the fullest sense....
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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...
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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...
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Lest His hearers should suppose that in Messianic times direct
knowledge of God was to be communicated, He adds, οὐχ ὅτι
τὸν πατέρα τις ἑώρακεν, it is not by direct
vision men are to learn of God. One...
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In this paragraph we are first told how the Jews were staggered by our
Lord's affirming that He had come down from heaven; second, how Jesus
explains that in order to understand and receive Him they m...
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THE FOOD OF ETERNAL LIFE
John 6:41-51
That phrase, _the last day,_ was constantly on the Master's lips, John
6:39-40; John 6:44; John 6:54; John 12:48.
It is an indefinite expression for those final...
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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...
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Not that any man hath seen the Father, (o) save he which is of God, he
hath seen the Father.
(o) If only the Son has seen the Father, then it is only he that can
truly teach us and instruct us....
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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...
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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)....
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“ _It is written in the prophets: And they shall be all taught of
God. Every one_, _who has heard the Father, and has learned from Him,
comes to me:_ 46 _not that any one has seen the Father, except h...
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2. VV. 41-51.
A murmur which rises in the assembly (John 6:41-42) forces Jesus to
declare to the Jews distinctly their incompetency in this matter (John
6:43-46); after which, with an increasing solem...
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VER. 46. The phrase οὐχ ὅτι, _not that_, marks a restriction.
This restriction can only refer to the term _teaching_ (John 6:45).
The notion of teaching seems to imply a direct contact between the
dis...
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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...
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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...
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46._Not that any man hath seen the Father. _As he has hitherto
magnified the grace of his Father, so now he earnestly directs
believers to himself alone. For both must be joined together; that no
know...
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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...
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NOT THAT ANY MAN HATH SEEN THE FATHER,.... This is said, lest it
should be thought from the above words, that our Lord meant that men
should be so taught of God, as that they should visibly see the
Fa...
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Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he
hath seen the Father.
Ver. 46. _He hath seen the Father_] And hath it in commission to
manifest him to all his, by working faith (ei...
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_The Jews then murmured at him_ The dispositions of the greatest part
of the Jews being carnal, the doctrine of our Lord respecting the
spiritual nature of the blessings which his followers were to re...
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NOT THAT ANY MAN HATH SEEN THE FATHER; he guards them against the
error of supposing that the Father teaches men by his personal visible
presence. He teaches by his word, his Spirit, and his providenc...
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NOT THAT ANY MAN HATH SEEN THE FATHER SAVE HE WHICH IS OF GOD, HE HATH
SEEN THE FATHER.
At this point the Jews started to grumble, to murmur among themselves,
to express their disapproval. The idea th...
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The murmuring Jews:...
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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...
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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....
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None must dream that the Father should visibly appear in the world to
teach men; for the essence of God is invisible, none hath seen it at
any time, saving he alone who is the only begotten Son of the...
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A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity
when man can neither be the bread of life, he himself being mortal,
nor could he have come down from heaven, since no perishable material
is established...
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John 6:46 Not G3756 that G3754 anyone G5100 seen G3708 (G5758) Father
G3962 except G1508 who G3588 is...
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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...
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THE LIFE-GIVING BREAD IS FOR THOSE DRAWN BY THE FATHER AND HE WILL
GIVE HIS FLESH FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD (JOHN 6:41).
At this point there would appear to be an important change in the
narrative. Up...
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“Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the one who is from
God, he has seen the Father.”
But even though such people have heard the Father they have not seen
the Father, because no man has seen...
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John 6:46. NOT THAT ANY ONE HATH SEEN THE FATHER, SAVE HE WHICH IS
FROM GOD, HE HATH SEEN THE FATHER. The words just spoken, ‘he that
hath heard from the Father,' might be understood to point to a dir...
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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...
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THIS ONE HAS SEEN THE FATHER
(ουτος εωρακεν τον πατερα). Perfect active
indicative of οραω. With the eyes no one has seen God (John 1:18)
save the Son who is "from God" in origin (John 1:1; John 1:1...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THIS DOES NOT MEAN. They are drawn by hearing the word, not by seeing
God. HE WHO IS FROM GOD. Only Jesus has seen the Father, and only
Jesus can be our "go-between" [mediator] with the Father....
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_The Jews then murmured at Him because He said, I am the bread which
came down from heaven_
WEIGHTY TRUTHS
I. THAT CHRIST’S LOWLY CONDITION IS A STUMBLING-BLOCK TO THE NATURAL
MAN.
1. Had He come a...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 6:46 HE HAS SEEN THE FATHER. In a full and
complete way; compare John 1:18 and note....
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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....
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_Not that any one,_ &c. "Lest the dense and ignorant Jews should
imagine," says Euthymius, "that any one could hear or see the Father
in a sensible manner, He saith _not that any one_, &c." We must
un...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 John 4:12; 1 Timothy 6:16; Colossians 1:15; John 1:18; John 14:10;...
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Hath seen. As contrasted with hearing and learning. (ver. 45). The
Father is not seen immediately, but through the Son. Compare John
1:18; John 14:9; 1 John 3:2; Matthew 11:27
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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...
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Not that any one — Must expect him to appear in a visible shape. He
who is from or with God — In a more eminent manner than any
creature....