Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Except the Father draw him (ean mh elkush auton). Negative condition of third class with ean mh and first aorist active subjunctive of elkuw, older form elkw, to drag like a net (John 21:6), or sword (John 18:10), or men (Acts 16:19), to draw by moral power (John 12:32), as in Jeremiah 31:3. Surw, the other word to drag (Acts 8:3; Acts 14:19) is not used of Christ's drawing power. The same point is repeated in verse John 6:65. The approach of the soul to God is initiated by God, the other side of verse John 6:37. See Romans 8:7 for the same doctrine and use of oude dunatai like oudeiv dunatai here.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 4:23
John 6:39
John 6:52
John 6:65
John 7:16
John 12:32
John 18:10
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