Yohanes 14:6

14:6 Jesus replied, ¹  “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. ²  No one comes to the Father except through me.

Yohanes 4:7

4:7 A Samaritan woman ³  came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water ⁴  to drink.”

Yohanes 6:44

6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, ⁵  and I will raise him up at the last day.

[14:6]  ¹ tn Grk “Jesus said to him.”

[14:6]  ² tn Or “I am the way, even the truth and the life.”

[4:7]  ³ tn Grk “a woman from Samaria.” According to BDAG 912 s.v. Σαμάρεια, the prepositional phrase is to be translated as a simple attributive: “γυνὴ ἐκ τῆς Σαμαρείας a Samaritan woman J 4:7.”

[4:7]  ⁴ tn The phrase “some water” is supplied as the understood direct object of the infinitive πεῖν (pein).

[6:44]  ⁵ tn Or “attracts him,” or “pulls him.” The word is used of pulling or dragging, often by force. It is even used once of magnetic attraction (A. Oepke, TDNT 2:503).

[6:44]  sn The Father who sent me draws him. The author never specifically explains what this “drawing” consists of. It is evidently some kind of attraction; whether it is binding and irresistible or not is not mentioned. But there does seem to be a parallel with 6:65, where Jesus says that no one is able to come to him unless the Father has allowed it. This apparently parallels the use of Isaiah by John to reflect the spiritual blindness of the Jewish leaders (see the quotations from Isaiah in John 9:41 and 12:39-40).