Charles Spurgeon Commentary


Charles Spurgeon Commentary
"The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven? Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day." — John 6:41-44 (ASV)
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me except the Father which hath sent me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Christ never retracted a truth or diminished its force because it was rejected, but he rather seemed to say, "You refused this truth. I knew you would. You need not murmur: you are not mine. If you had been, the Father would have drawn you. You will not come. You are so set against truth that you cannot see it. Your eyes are so blind that you do not behold it. No man can come to me, except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him."