John 6:36

36 "But it is just as I told you. You have seen me, and you still 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 "Sir," they said, "give us this bread from now on."

35 Then Jesus said, "I am the bread of life. No one who comes to me will ever go hungry. And no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty.

36 "But it is just as I told you. You have seen me, and you still do not believe.

37 Everyone the Father gives me will come to me. I will never send away anyone who comes to me.

38 "I have not come down from heaven to do what I want to do. I have come to do what the One who sent me wants me to do.