John 6:38

John 6:38

36 ^aBut I said to you that you have seen Me and yet ^bdo not believe.

37 ^aAll that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and ^bthe one who comes to Me I will¹ by no means cast out.

38 For I have come down from heaven, ^anot to do My own will, ^bbut the will of Him who sent Me.

39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, ^athat of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.

40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, ^athat everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Rejected by His Own

41 The Jews then¹ complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.”

42 And they said, ^a“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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I am come down (katabebhka). Perfect active indicative of katabainw. See on John 6:33 for frequent use of this phrase by Jesus. Here apo is correct rather than ek with tou ouranou.

Not to do (oux ina poiw). "Not that I keep on doing" (final clause with ina and present active subjunctive of poiew).

But the will (alla to qelhma). Supply ina poiw after alla, "but that I keep on doing." This is the fulness of joy for Jesus, to do his Father's will (John 4:34; John 5:30).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 6:38:**

John 4:34
John 6:33
John 7:16
1 John 5:18

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