John 6:65

65 And he said, Therefore I said to you, that no man can come to me, except it were given to 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 It is the spirit that reviveth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak to you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.

64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who he was that would betray him.

65 And he said, Therefore I said to you, that no man can come to me, except it were given to him by my Father.

66 From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

67 Then said Jesus to the twelve, Will ye also go away?