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John Gill
Not that any man hath seen the Father,.... This is said, lest it should be thought from the above words, that our Lord meant that men should be so taught of God, as that they should visibly see the Father, and vocally hear his voice, and be personally instructed by him; for his voice is not heard, nor his shape seen; see John 1:18; save he which is of God; who is begotten of him, and of the same...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. The miracle of the loaves, ver. 1-14. II. Christ's walking upon the water, ver. 15-21. III. The people's flocking after him to Capernaum, ver. 22-25. IV. His conference with them, occasioned by the miracle of the loaves, in which he reproves them for seeking carnal food, and directs them to spiritual food (ver. 26, 27), showing them how they must labour for spiritual...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. He corrects the notion into which they might have fallen that they could ever see the Father as he himself had seen...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the father, cometh unto me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. “Do not suppose that, even when you are taught of God, you will know the Father as I know him, or see him as I have...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. Let me read those precious words again, catch at them, you timid and trembling ones: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath “ — now, in present possession, — “everlasting life.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Not that any man hath seen the Father save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. One of the richest passages surely of all holy Scripture. It is all marrow and fatness, but here you seem to have the quintessence. We have eternal life if we are believers not shall have it, but have it now. We have a life which is...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Christ is “of God” in a very peculiar sense. He is not God’s creature, but God’s Son He is of the very essence of God, and therefore he knows what God is as we never can know.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. The Divine Son hath seen the Father; you and I are to believe, we cannot see as yet.