John 6:43

43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

John 6:43 Meaning and Commentary

John 6:43

Jesus therefore answered and said unto them
Either overhearing what they said, or knowing, as God, their secret murmurs, and private cavils among themselves, thus addressed them,

murmur not among yourselves:
meaning neither about his descent from heaven, nor about coming to him, and believing in him; for it follows,

John 6:43 In-Context

41 The Jews then murmured of him because he said, I AM the bread which descended from the heaven.

42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he says, I descended from heaven?

43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

44 No one can come to me unless the Father who has sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every man therefore that has heard from the Father and has learned comes unto me.