John 6:44

John 6:44 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Context of John 6:44

42and they said, “Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43Jesus replied, “Do not complain about me to one another. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. 45It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me. 46(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God – he has seen the Father.)

John 6:44 word by word

οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐλθεῖν πρός με, ἐὰν μὴ ὁ πατὴρ ὁ πέμψας με ἑλκύσῃ αὐτόν, κἀγὼ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• No manοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• exceptἐάνean · ifG1437
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• the Fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• which hath sentπέμπωpempō · to sendG3992
• drawἕλκωhelkuō helkō · to draw/persuadeG1670
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• will raiseἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• at theἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078

Cross-references for John 6:44

• John 6:65So Jesus added, “Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”
• John 5:44How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
• John 8:43Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.
• John 12:37Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,
• Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.
• Jeremiah 13:23But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?
• Matthew 12:34Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
• Romans 8:7because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
• John 6:45It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.
• John 3:3Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
• Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.
• Matthew 16:17And Jesus answered him, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!
• Ephesians 2:4But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
• Philippians 1:29For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,
• Colossians 2:12Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.
• John 12:32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

Commentaries on John 6:44

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 44Except the Father - draw him - But how is a man drawn? St. Augustin answers from the poet, Trahit sua quemque voluptas; a man is attracted by that which he delights in. Show green herbage to a sheep, he is drawn by it: show nuts to a child, and he is drawn by them. They run wherever the person runs who shows these things: they run after him, but they are not forced to follow; they run, through the desire they feel to get the things they delight in. So God…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 44No man can come to me - This was spoken by Jesus to reprove their complaints - “Murmur not among yourselves.” They objected to his doctrine, or complained 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-46Verses 36-46 The discovery of their guilt, danger, and remedy, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, makes men willing and glad to come, and to give up every thing which hinders applying to him for salvation. The Father's will is, that not one of those who were given to the Son, should be rejected or lost by him. No one will come, till Divine grace has subdued, and in part changed his heart; therefore no one who comes will ever be cast out. The gospel finds…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 43-51Stop grumbling: Instead of defending himself against their complaint, Jesus addresses their lack of spiritual receptivity (their openness to God; see 6:42). Those who love the Father and listen to him will believe in Jesus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 41-4641-46. Jews murmured--muttered, not in our Lord's hearing, but He knew it (Joh 6:43; Joh 2:25). he said, I am the bread, &c.--Missing the sense and glory of this, and having no relish for such sublimities, they harp upon the "Bread from heaven." "What can this mean? Do we not know all about Him--where, when, and of whom He was born? And yet He says He came down from heaven!"Read the comment

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• Conviction
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• Predestination
• Regeneration
• Resurrection
• Salvation
• Symbols and Similitudes

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Commentaries on John 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings