John 6:38 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³⁸For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John 6:38 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 5:30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
John 3:31
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Psalms 40:7-8
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, …
Philippians 2:7-8
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 28-59)

Whether this conference was with the Capernaites, in whose synagogue Christ now was, or with those who came from the other side of the sea, is not certain nor material; however, it is an instance of Christ’s condescension that he gave them leave to ask him questions, and did not resent the interruption as an affront, no, not from his common hearers, though not his immediate followers. Those that w…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 38)

37-40. All that, &c.--This comprehensive and very grand passage is expressed with a peculiar artistic precision. The opening general statement (Joh 6:37) consists of two members: (1) “All that the Father Giveth me shall come to me”--that is, “Though ye, as I told you, have no faith in Me, My errand into the world shall in no wise be defeated; for all that the Father giveth Me shall infallibly come…