John 6:37

"But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t believe."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the paradoxical nature of faith—seeing Jesus in action but still failing to believe fully. It underscores the challenge believers face in accepting the divine revelation even when confronted with clear evidence.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 37. All. The original word is in the neuter gender, but it is used, doubtless, for the masculine, or perhaps refers to his people considered as a mass or body, and means that every individual that the Father had given him should come to him. The Father giveth me. We here learn that those who come to Christ, and who will be saved, are given to him by God. 1st. God promised him that he should see of the travail of his soul--that is, "the fruit of his wearisome toil" (Lowth), and should be satisfied, Isa 53:11. 2nd. All men are sinners, and none have any claim to mercy, and he may therefore bestow salvation on whom he pleases. 3rd.

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