John 6:44

“No man can come to me, etc.] That is, by faith, as in (<430635>John 6:35); for otherwise they could corporeally come to him, but not spiritually; because they had neither power nor will of themselves; being dead in trespasses and sins, and impotent to everything that is spiritual: and whilst men are in a state of unregeneracy, blindness, and darkness, they see no need of coming to Christ, nor anything in him worth coming for; they are prejudiced against him, and their hearts are set on other things; and besides, coming to Christ and believing in Christ being the same thing, it is certain faith is not of a man’s self, it is the gift of God, and the operation of his Spirit; and therefore…”

“can come to me--in the sense of Joh 6:35. except the Father which hath sent me--that is, the Father as the Sender of Me and to carry out the design of My mission. draw him--by an internal and efficacious operation; though by all the means of rational conviction, and in a way altogether consonant to their moral nature (Sol 1:4; Jer 31:3; Hos 11:3-4). raise him up, &c.--(See on Joh 6:54).”

“No man can come to me - This was spoken by Jesus to reprove their complaints - “Murmur not among yourselves.” They objected to his doctrine, or complained against it, because he claimed to be greater than Moses, and because they supposed him to be a mere man, and that what he said was impossible. Jesus does not deny that these things appeared difficult, and hence he said that if any man believed, it was proof that God had inclined him. It was not to be expected that of themselves they would embrace the doctrine. If any man believed, it would be because he had been influenced by God. When we inquire what the reasons were why they did not believe, they appear to have been: 1. Their improper…”

“Christ having checked their murmuring, continues what he was saying, Joh 6:40. No man comes to me, unless my Father draw him - No man can believe in Christ, unless God give him power: he draws us first, by good desires. Not by compulsion, not by laying the will under any necessity; but by the strong and sweet, yet still resistible, motions of his heavenly grace. John 6:45”

“man: Joh 6:65, Joh 5:44, Joh 8:43, Joh 12:37-40; Isa 44:18-20; Jer 13:23; Mat 12:34; Rom 8:7, Rom 8:8 except: Joh 6:45, Joh 6:65, Joh 3:3-7; Mat 11:25-27, Mat 16:17; Eph 2:4-10; Phi 1:29; Col 2:12; Tit 3:3-5 draw: Joh 12:32; Sol 1:4; Jer 31:3; Hos 11:4 and I: Joh 6:39, Joh 6:40 John 6:45”