Giovanni 6:36

36 Ma io vi ho detto che, benchè mi abbiate veduto, non però credete.

Giovanni 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.

Giovanni 6:36 In-Context

34 Essi adunque gli dissero: Signore, dacci del continuo cotesto pane.

35 E Gesù disse loro: Io sono il pan della vita; chi viene a me non avrà fame, e chi crede in me non avrà giammai sete.

36 Ma io vi ho detto che, benchè mi abbiate veduto, non però credete.

37 Tutto quello che il Padre mi dà verrà a me, ed io non caccerò fuori colui che viene a me.

38 Perciocchè io son disceso del cielo, non acciocchè io faccia la mia volontà, ma la volontà di colui che mi ha mandato.