John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:62
What and if ye shall see the son of man ,.... Meaning himself then in a state of humiliation, and was taken for a mere man, though the true Messiah, and Son of God: ascend up where he was before ? for Christ was, he existed before his incarnation, and he was in heaven before; not in his human nature, but as the word and Son of God: and he intimates, that when he had done his work, and the will of his Father, for which he came down from heaven, by the assumption of the human nature, he... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 6:61
When Jesus knew in himself ,.... And of himself, without any intelligence from others, or hearing what was said, being the omniscient God: that his disciples murmured at it ; at the doctrine he had delivered, looking upon it as absurd, incredible, and contrary to sense and reason: he said unto them, does this offend you ? or trouble you? cannot you get over this? cannot you understand it? or account for it? if not, how will you be able to digest some other things, or reconcile them... read more