John 6:43-46

6:43 Jesus replied, ¹  “Do not complain about me to one another. ²  6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, ³  and I will raise him up at the last day. 6:45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ ⁴  Everyone who hears and learns from the Father ⁵  comes to me. 6:46 (Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God – he ⁶  has seen the Father.) ⁷ 

[6:43]  ¹ tn Grk “answered and said to them.”

[6:43]  ² tn Or “Do not grumble among yourselves.” The words “about me” are supplied to clarify the translation “complain to one another” (otherwise the Jewish opponents could be understood to be complaining about one another, rather than complaining to one another about Jesus).

[6:44]  ³ 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).

[6:45]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Isa 54:13.

[6:45]  ⁶ tn Or “listens to the Father and learns.”

[6:46]  ⁷ tn Grk “this one.”

[6:46]  ⁸ sn This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author. Although some would attribute these words to Jesus himself, the switch from first person in Jesus’ preceding and following remarks to third person in v. 46 suggests that the author has added a clarifying comment here.