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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on John 6:65

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Therefore said I, &c.--that is, "That was why I spoke to you of the necessity of divine teaching which some of you are strangers to." except it were given him--plainly showing that by the Father's "drawing" (Joh 6:44) was meant an internal and efficacious operation, for in recalling the statement here He says, it must be "given to a man to come" to Christ.
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