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But I told you that you have seen me, and yet don`t believe.
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Seeing Isn't Believing
Multiple commentators, especially Charles Spurgeon, highlight that seeing Jesus physically and witnessing His miracles was not enough to produce faith. The crowd saw, ate the bread He miraculously provided, and still did not believe. This challenges the idea that faith would be easier if we had been there. True faith, the commentaries suggest, is not a result of physical sight but is a spiritual trust in Christ's person.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But I said to you. This He said, not in so many words, but in substance, in John 6:26. Though they saw Him, and had full proof of His divi…
That ye have seen me (οτ κα εωρακατε με). It is not certain that με is genuine. If not, Jesus may refer to verse 26. If genuine, s…
19th Century
Anglican
But I said to you . . .—There is no record of this saying. It was included in the thoughts of John 5:37-44, and was perhaps uttered then, …
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Baptist
But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
How the Savior brings the truth home to these people, and he might…
The request that Jesus should give the people the “bread [GK 788] of life” parallels the request of the Samaritan woman for the water of life (). J…
16th Century
Protestant
But I have told you. He now reproves them for wickedly rejecting the gift of God, which is offered to them.
Indeed, a person is cha…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But I said to you The substance of what follows in (John 6:26) though the Persic and Ethiopic versions r…
The discovery of their guilt, danger, and remedy, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, makes people willing and glad to come, and to give up everyth…
13th Century
Catholic
Having told us the question the Jews had asked Christ, the Evangelist now gives his answer.
First, Christ tells us of the origin o…