Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

John 6:39

τὸ θέλημα … ἵνα. See on John 1:8; John 4:47; John 17:3, and comp. John 6:29.

πᾶν. Casus pendens: comp. John 7:38; John 15:2; John 17:2; Luke 21:6. ‘Credentes dantur, credentibus datur.’ μὴ�. His care for the fragments (John 6:12) would not be greater than His care for men’s souls. With ἐξ αὐτοῦ comp. ἐκ τῶν τ. in 2 John 1:4, ἐξ ὑμῶν Revelation 2:10.

ἀναστήσω. The same gracious utterance is repeated as a kind of refrain, John 6:40; John 6:44; John 6:54 : but here ἀναστήσω probably depends on ἵνα, although it may be an independent future as in John 6:44; John 6:54. This is the ἀνάστασις ζωῆς (John 5:29), ἡ�. ἡ πρώτη (Revelation 20:5-6), ἡ�. τῶν δικαίων (Luke 14:14); the ultimate end of Christ’s work.

τῇ ἐσχ. ἡμέρᾳ. The phrase is peculiar to S. John; John 6:40; John 6:44; John 6:54; John 11:24; John 12:48; comp. John 7:37. Elsewhere ἡ ἡμέρα τῆς κρίσεως (1 John 4:17); ἡ ἡμ. ἡ μεγάλη (Revelation 6:17; comp. John 16:14); ἐκείνη ἡ ἡμ. (Matthew 7:22); ἡ ἡμ. τ. κυρίου (1 Corinthians 5:5); ἡ τ. θεοῦ ἡμ. (2 Peter 3:12); ἡμ. Χριστοῦ (Philippians 1:10); ἡμ. αἰῶνος (2 Peter 3:18); or simply ἡ ἡμέρα (Hebrews 10:25). The phrases from 2 Peter occur nowhere else.

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