John 6:36

36 But I said unto you, That even though ye have seen me, ye do not believe.

John 6:36 Meaning and Commentary

John 6:36

But I said unto you
The substance of what follows in ( John 6:26 ) though the Persic and Ethiopic versions render it, "I say unto you"; and so refers not to anything before said, but to what he was about to say:

that ye also have seen me, and believe not;
that is, they had not only seen him in person, which many kings, prophets, and righteous men had desired, but not enjoyed, yet nevertheless believed; but they had seen his miracles, and had shared in the advantages of them, being healed, and fed corporeally by him, and yet believed not in him as the spiritual Saviour and Redeemer of their souls; nor did they come to him in a spiritual way, for eternal life and salvation.

John 6:36 In-Context

34 Then said they unto him, Lord, always give us this bread.

35 And Jesus said unto them, I AM the bread of life; he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes in me shall never thirst.

36 But I said unto you, That even though ye have seen me, ye do not believe.

37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and he that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.

38 For I came down from the heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.