Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
written in the prophets--in Isaiah 54:13; Jeremiah 31:33-34; other similar passages may also have been in view. Our Lord thus falls back upon Scripture authority for this seemingly hard saying.
all taught of God--not by external revelation merely, but by internal illumination, corresponding to the "drawing" of John 6:44.
Every man therefore, etc.--that is, who hath been thus efficaciously taught of Him.
cometh unto me--with absolute certainty, yet in the sense above given of "drawing"; that is, "As none can come to Me but as divinely drawn, so none thus drawn shall fail to come."
Jews murmured--muttered, not in our Lord's hearing, but He knew it (John 6:43; John 2:25).
he said, I am the bread, etc.--Missing the sense and glory of this, and having no relish for such sublimities, they harp upon the "Bread from heaven." "What can this mean? Do we not know all about Him--where, when, and of whom He was born? And yet He says He came down from heaven!"
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 29:12
Isaiah 54:13
Jeremiah 31:34
1 Thessalonians 4:9
1 John 2:27
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