45. written in the prophets--in
Isa 54:13;
Jer 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
Joh 6:44.
Every man therefore, &c.--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."
JFB.
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