And ye will not come to me (κα ου θελετε ελθειν προς με). "And yet" (κα) as often in John. "This is the tragedy of the rejection o…

And you will not come, etc. Though the Old Testament bears evidence that I am the Messiah; though you professedly search it to learn the w…

And ye will not come to me.—The real hindrance is once more traced to the will. (See Note on John 3:9.) It is moral, not intellec…

They were great Bible-readers, great students of the letter, but they would not come to Christ; and therefore the Scriptures themselves became a to…

St. John Chrysostom: He now brings proof for those high declarations about Himself. He answers an objection: If I bear wit…

Jesus’ final witne is the Scriptures. After the destruction of the temple of Solomon in 586 B. C., the Jewish scholars of the Exile substituted the…

And you will not come to me. He again reproaches them that it is nothing but their own malice that hinders them from becoming partakers of…

And you will not come to me
Which is to be understood, not of a corporeal coming to him; for many of the Jews did co…

The Jews considered that eternal life was revealed to them in their Scriptures, and that they had it, because they had the word of God in their han…

1. Having taught about the life-giving power of the Son, Jesus now confirms it. First, he confirms what he had said about the excellence of …