John 6:36

36 sed dixi vobis quia et vidistis me et non creditis

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 dixerunt ergo ad eum Domine semper da nobis panem hunc

35 dixit autem eis Iesus ego sum panis vitae qui veniet ad me non esuriet et qui credit in me non sitiet umquam

36 sed dixi vobis quia et vidistis me et non creditis

37 omne quod dat mihi Pater ad me veniet et eum qui venit ad me non eiciam foras

38 quia descendi de caelo non ut faciam voluntatem meam sed voluntatem eius qui misit me