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shall any man pluck them out of my hand, x. 28. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no man corneth unto the Father, but by me, xiv. 6. As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him, xvii. 2. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God, Rev. ii. 7. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it, 17.

VER. 31.

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Οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθώς ἐστι γεγραμμένον· ̓́Αρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.

a Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; bas it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

a This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons: take ye every man for them which are in his tents. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left Εἶπον οὖν πρὸς αὐτόν· Τί ποιοῦμεν, ἵνα of it until the morning, and it bred ἐργαζώμεθα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Θεοῦ;

e See on Luke iv. ver. 18. clauses 1, 2.

VER. 28.

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worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating; and when the sun waxed hot, it melted, Exod. xvi. 1621. But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes. And the colour thereof as the colour of bdelmanna was as coriander seed, and the lium. And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil, Numb. xi. 6—8.

bAnd gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, Neh. ix. 15. And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. Man did eat angels' food : he sent them meat to the full, Psal. Ixxviii. 24, 25.

VER. 32.

Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ̓Αμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν· Οὐ Μωσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· ἀλλ ̓ ὁ πατήρ μου δίδωσιν ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τὸν aλnovóv.

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you

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Ο γὰρ ἄρτος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν ὁ καταβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ζωὴν διδοὺς τῷ κόσμο.

a For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

a I am the bread of life, ver. 35. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven, 41. I am that bread of life, 48. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die, 50.

This is that bread which came

down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever, 58.

See on chap. iii. ver. 13. clause 1. c See on ver. 51. clause 5.

VER. 34.

Εἶπον οὖν πρὸς αὐτόν· Κύριε, πάντοτε δὸς ἡμῖν τὸν ἄρτον τοῦτον.

Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

VER. 35.

Εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς· ὁ ἐρχόμενος πρός με, οὐ μὴ πεινάσῃ· καὶ ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ, οὐ μὴ διψήση πώποτε.

And Jesus said unto them, a I am the bread of life: bhe that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

a See on ver. 33. clause 1. b All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out, ver. 37. No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard,

A. D. 32.

and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me, 44, 45. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father, 65. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life, v. 40. In the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink, vii. 37. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness, Isa. lv. 1, 2. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, Matt. xi. 28. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst, come: and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely, Rev. xxii. 17.

See on chap. iv. ver. 14. clause 1. VER. 36. ̓Αλλ ̓ εἶπον ὑμῖν ὅτι καὶ ἑωράκατέ με, καὶ οὐ πιστεύετε,

But I said unto you, that ye also have seen me, and believe not.

VER. 37.

Πᾶν ὃ δίδωσί μοι ὁ πατὴρ, πρὸς ἐμὲ ἥξει· καὶ τὸν ἐρχόμενον πρός με οὐ μὴ ἐκβάλω ἔξω

a All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me c I will in no wise cast out.

a And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, That of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day, ver. 39. As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him, xvii. 2. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word, 6. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are

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thine, 9. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are, 11. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me : for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world, 24.

b But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand, John x. 26-28.

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c Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LoRD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool, Isa. i. 18. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth, xlii. 3. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon, Iv. 7. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day thou shalt be with me in paradise, Luke xxiii. 42, 43. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting, 1 Tim. i. 15, 16. For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need, Heb. iv. 15, 16. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by

A. D. 32.

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Ὅτι καταβέβηκα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, οὐχ ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν, ἀλλὰ τὸ θέ λημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με.

For a I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

a See on chap. iii. ver. 13. clause 1. b See on chap. v. ver. 30. clause 2. See on chap. viii. ver. 42. clause 3. VER. 39.

Τοῦτο δέ ἐστι τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαν ἀπολέσω ἐξ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸ τός με πατρὸς, ἵνα πᾶν ὃ δέδωκέ μοι, με

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τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ·

And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

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a See on Matt. xviii. ver. 14.

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See on ver. 37. clause 1.

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My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal. life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand, John x. 27, 28. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled, xvii. 12. Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake. Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none, xviii. 8, 9. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory, Col. iii. 3, 4. I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day, 2 Tim. i. 13. Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time, 1 Pet. i. 5.

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d See next verse. 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, ver. 44. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day, 54. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: xi. 25. See also on Matt. xxii. ver. 30. clause 1.

VER. 40.

Τοῦτο δέ ἐστι τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαν. τός με, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ θεωρῶν τὸν υἱὸν, καὶ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν, ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον· καὶ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν ἐγὼ τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρα.

And this is the will of him that sent me, a that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

A. D. 32.

Father which hath sent me draw him:
and I will raise him up at the last day,
* But though he had done so many
miracles before them, yet they be-
lieved not on him: That the saying
of Esaias the prophet might be ful-
filled, which he spake, Lord, who hath
believed our report? and to whom
hath the arm of the Lord been re-
vealed? Therefore they could not be-
lieve, because that Esaias said again,
He hath blinded their eyes, and hard-
ened their heart; that they should
not see with their eyes, nor under-
stand with their heart, and be con-
verted, and I should heal them, John
xii. 37-40. See also on Matt. xiii.
ver. 14. and 15. clauses 2, 3.
b See on ver. 39. clause 4.

VER. 45.

Εστι γεγραμμένον ἐν τοῖς προφήταις· Καὶ ἔσονται πάντες διδακτος τοῦ Θεοῦ.

• See on Mark xvi. ver. 16. clause 1. Πᾶς οὖν ὁ ἀκούσας παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς, καὶ μαθὼν, ἔρχεται πρός με.

VER. 41. Ἐγόγγυζον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι εἶπεν· Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος ὁ καταβὰς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.

The Jews then murmured at him, behe said, I am the Bread which

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came down from heaven.

a See on ver. 33. clause 1.

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a It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

a And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall

See on chap. iii. ver. 13. clause 1. be the peace of thy children, Isa. liv.

VER. 42.

Καὶ ἔλεγον· Οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς, ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωσήφ, οὗ ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα; πῶς οὖν λέγει οὗτος· Ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβέβηκα;

And they said, a 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?

a See on Matt. xiii. ver. 55.

VER. 43.

13. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lonp, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his ther, saying, Know the LORD: for neighbour, and every man his brothey shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will re

̓Απεκρίθη οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ εἶπεν αὐ- member their sin no more, Jer. xxεί. τοῖς· Μὴ γογγύζετε μετ ̓ ἀλλήλων.

Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among your

selves.

VER. 44.

Οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐλθεῖν πρός με, ἐὰν μὴ ὁ πατὴρ ὁ πέμψας με, ἑλκύσῃ αὐτόν· καὶ ἐγὼ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.

No man can come to me, except the

33, 34.

b That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, Eph. i. 17.

bright cloud overshadowed them: While he yet spake, behold, a and, behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son,

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in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him, Matt. xvii. 5. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me, John xii. 6. Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved, Acts iv. 10-12.

VER. 46.

Οὐχ ὅτι τὸν πατέρα τίς ἑώρακεν, εἰ μὴ ὁ ὢν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ· οὗτος ἑώρακε τὸν πατέρα.

a Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

a See on chap. i. ver. 18. clause 1. » Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me, John vii. 28, 29. All things are delivered unto me of my Father and no man knoweth the Son but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him, Matt. xi. 27. and Luke

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VER. 47.

̓Αμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ, ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, a He hat believeth on me hath everlasting ife.

a See on Mark xvi. ver. 16. clause 1.

VER. 48.

Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς.

a I am that bread of life.

a See on ver. 33. clause 1.

VER. 49.

A. D. 32.

a Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. a See on ver. 31.

VER. 50.

Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβαίνων, ἵνα τίς ἐξ αὐτοῦ φάγῃ, καὶ μù åñoðávṛ.

a This is the bread which cometh down

from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

See on chap. iii. ver. 13. clause 1. bAs the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever, ver. 57, 58. See also on ver. 51.

clauses 3-5.

VER. 51.

Εγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ζῶν, ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρα νοῦ καταβάς· ἐάν τις φάγῃ ἐκ τούτου τοῦ ἄρτου, ζήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· καὶ ὁ ἄρτος δὲ ὃν ἐγὼ δώσω, ἡ σάρξ μου ἐστιν, ἣν ἐγὼ δώσω ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου ζωῆς.

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aI am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: d and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

a See on ver. 33. clause 1.

b See on chap. iii. ver. 13. clause 1. c See on Mark xvi. ver. 16. clause 1. d The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say the Son of man, and drink his blood, unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eate th my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him, ver. 52-56. See also on Matt. xx. ver. 28. clause 3.

eThe next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world, John i. 29. And

Οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ἔφαγον τὸ μάννα ἐν | all things are of God, who hath re

τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ ἀπέθανον.

conciled us to himself by Jesus Christ

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