John 5:40 BSB — MannaFest

John 5:40

yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

KJV

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And ye will not come to me - Though ye thus search the Scriptures, in hopes of finding the Messiah and eternal life in them, yet ye will not come unto me, believe in me, and be my disciples, though so clearly pointed out by them, that ye may have that eternal life which can only come through me.

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 52: “Free Will—A Slave” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1855)

This is one of the great guns of the Arminians, mounted upon the top of their walls, and often discharged with terrible noise against the poor Christians called Calvinists. I intend to spike the gun this morning, or, rather, to turn it on the enemy, for it was never theirs; it was never cast at their foundry at all, but was intended to teach the very opposite doctrine to that which they assert. Usually, when the text is taken, the divisions are: First, that man has a will. Secondly, that he is entirely free.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

This passage concludes our Lord Jesus Christ's wondrous defense of His own divine mission. It is a conclusion worthy of the defense, full of heart-searching appeals to the consciences of His enemies, and rich in deep truths. A mighty sermon is followed by a mighty application. Let us mark, in this passage, the reason why many souls are lost. The Lord Jesus says to the unbelieving Jews—"You will not come to me that you might have life." These words are a golden sentence, which ought to be engraved in our memories, and treasured up in our minds.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

How touching and gracious are these last words! Observe here (1) The honor which Christ gives to the Scriptures, as a record which all have a right and are bound to search--the reverse of which the Church of Rome teaches; (2) The opposite extreme is, resting in the mere Book without the living Christ, to direct the soul to whom is its main use and chiefest glory.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
θέλετε	thelete	you are willing	G2309 →
ἐλθεῖν	elthein	to come	G2064 →
πρός	pros	to	G4314 →
με	me	Me	G3165 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
ἔχητε.	echēte	you may have.	G2192 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 1:11
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
leads to
- Luke 19:14
  But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
- Isaiah 53:2–3
  He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- John 3:32
  He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
Through
John 6:37
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
leads to
- Matthew 11:28
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- John 6:39
  And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
- John 17:24
  Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- John 10:28–29
  I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
Through
John 3:19
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
leads to
- John 8:12
  Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”