John 6:65

65 (6-66) And he said: Therefore did I say to you that no man can come to me, unless it be given him by my Father.

John 6:65 Meaning and Commentary

John 6:65

And he said, therefore said I unto you
Referring to ( John 6:44 ) , where the substance of what is here said, is there delivered; though the Ethiopic version reads, therefore I say unto you, what follows:

that no man can come to me, except it be given him of my Father;
which is the same, as to be drawn by the Father; for faith in Christ is the gift of God, and coming to him, is owing to efficacious grace, and is not the produce of man's power and freewill; (See Gill on John 6:44).

John 6:65 In-Context

63 (6-64) It is the spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

64 (6-65) But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that did not believe and who he was that would betray him.

65 (6-66) And he said: Therefore did I say to you that no man can come to me, unless it be given him by my Father.

66 (6-67) After this, many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him.

67 (6-68) Then Jesus said to the twelve: Will you also go away?