John Chapter 6, Verse 44
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44: ουδεις δυναται ελθειν προς με εαν μη ο πατηρ ο πεμψας με ελκυση αυτον και εγω αναστησω αυτον τη εσχατη ημερα
44: No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me
draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
44: No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath sent me, draw
him. And I will raise him up in the last day.
No man can come to me. This was spoken by Jesus to reprove their murmurings -- "Murmur not among yourselves." They objected to his doctrine, or murmured against it, because he claimed to be greater than Moses, and because they supposed him to be a mere man, and that what he said was impossible. Jesus does not deny that these things appeared difficult, and hence he said that if any man believed, it was proof that God had inclined him. It was not to be expected that of themselves they would embrace the doctrine. If any man believed, it would be because he had been influenced by God.
Come to me. The same as believe on me.
Draw him. This word is used here, evidently, to denote such an influence from God as to secure the result, or as to incline the mind to believe; yet the manner in which this is done is not determined by the use of the word. It is used in the New Testament six times. Once it is applied to a compulsory drawing of Paul and Silas to the market-place, Acts 16:19. Twice it is used to denote the drawing of a net, Jn 21:6, Jn 21:11. Once to the drawing of a sword (Jn 18:10); and once in a sense similar to its use here (Jn 12:32): "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." What is its meaning here must be determined by the facts about the sinner's conversion. See Barnes "Jn 6:40".
In the conversion of the sinner God enlightens the mind (Jn 6:45), he inclines the will (Ps 1103), and he influences the soul by motives, by just views of his law, by his love, his commands, and his threatenings; by a desire of happiness, and a consciousness of danger; by the Holy Spirit applying truth to the mind, and urging him to yield himself to Jesus. So that, while God inclines him, and will have all the glory, man yields without compulsion; the obstacles are removed, and he becomes a willing servant of God.
