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The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:43-44

Jesus answered £ and said to them , Murmur not among yourselves ; or, with one another . He had searched out a deeper reason for their murmuring than their probable involuntary ignorance of certain miraculous facts. No man can come (is able to come) to me except the Father, who hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day . In the previous utterance "all" which the Father "gives" to the Son "comes" to him, reaches him, enters into close relationship with... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:44

The Father draws the soul to Christ. We have to acknowledge a debt of gratitude to God, first for giving and sending his Son to be our Saviour, and then for guiding us unto his Son, in order that in fellowship with him we may experience the blessings of salvation. For in these two ways does the Father furnish us with a complete display of his love; in these two ways does he completely secure our highest good. I. THE DRAWING OF THE SOUL BY THE FATHER . 1 . The soul... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:45

It is written in the prophets ; either in the division of Scripture called "the prophets," or because the substance of the statement is found to pervade the prophets, and to receive express, if not literal, utterance in Isaiah 54:13 . The prophet, on describing the glorious triumphs of the Servant of the Lord in his new kingdom, added ( LXX .), καὶ πάντας τοὺς υἰοὺς σου διδακτοὺς θεοῦ καὶ ἐν πολλῇ εἰρήνη τὰ τέκνα σου , "And all thy sons [I will make] to be taught... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:46

Not that any one hath seen the Father, save he who is from God, he hath seen the Father. "Hearing" and "learning"" do not amount to the beatific vision. "No one [as Jn said, John 1:18 ] hath seen God at any time, the only begotten [Son] who is in the bosom of the Father [ πρὸς τὸν θεόν , John 1:1 ; εἰς τὸν κόλπον , John 1:18 ], he hath declared him" (cf. Matthew 11:27 ). The full revelation of the Father is alone possible to one who is ( παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ) "forth from... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:47

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth [ on £ me ] hath eternal life. He has here given a new turn to the conversation, and repeated what had been the substance of several discourses ( John 3:16 , John 3:18 , John 3:36 ; John 5:24 ), and formed, indeed, the starting place of this ( John 6:27 , John 6:35 , John 6:36 ). The full acceptance of Christ provides "living water" for the thirsty, "living bread," "bread from heaven," for the hungry—an inward... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:48

repeats once more the statement of John 6:32 , John 6:35 (see notes): I am the Bread of life. Not only do I give you more than Moses gave your fathers, but I am the Father's Gift. I myself am the Gift—I am the Bread of which, if you partake, you will hunger no more, you will need no more, you will die no more: the life then thrilling through you will be eternal . "The invisible God is the Source of eternal life; the human nature of the Son of God is the visible form which contains... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:49-50

Your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died. The Lord went back to the very words of the Jews in John 6:31 . The Heaven-given manna by which Jehovah sustained the temporal life of the fathers in the wilderness did not convey the antidote to death. "The carcases [of these fathers] fell in the wilderness." He does not say, "perished out of God's sight forever," or were condemned, but that there was nothing in the eating of manna which arrested, or averted, or triumphed,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:51

I am (not only the "Bread of God," the "Bread of life," the life-giving Personality, but) the living Bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this £ Bread, he will live £ forever . With this verse We see, instead of monotony, a threefold advance. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:52

The Jews therefore strove one with another ( ἐμάχοντο represents more vigorous demonstration of their difficulties than the ἐγόγγυζον of John 6:41 ). They were not unanimous in their judgment. Some said one thing, and others said another. The "Jews" had not yet come to a unanimous opinion that this wonderful Being was talking sheer heresy or incomprehensible mystery. They knew his habit of metaphoric speech, and that underneath common imagery he was in the habit of conveying... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:52-59

(d) The conflict among the Jews leads Christ to insist further on separate participation of his flesh and blood as the condition of life . read more

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