John 6:44

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, ¹  and I will raise him up at the last day.

biblegateway Joh 6:44

"No-one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

biblegateway Joh 6:44

"No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

biblegateway Joh 6:44

For people can’t come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them from the dead.

biblegateway Joh 6:44

You're not in charge here. The Father who sent me is in charge. He draws people to me--that's the only way you'll ever come. Only then do I do my work, putting people together, setting them on their feet, ready for the End.

SABDAweb Joh 6:44

No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.

bibleoremus Joh 6:44

No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day.

biblegateway Joh 6:44

"No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

biblegateway Joh 6:44

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, ¹  and I will raise him up at the last day.

¹ tn Or “attracts him,” or “pulls him.” The word is used of pulling or dragging, often by force. It is even used once of magnetic attraction (A. Oepke, TDNT 2:503).

¹ sn The Father who sent me draws him. The author never specifically explains what this “drawing” consists of. It is evidently some kind of attraction; whether it is binding and irresistible or not is not mentioned. But there does seem to be a parallel with 6:65, where Jesus says that no one is able to come to him unless the Father has allowed it. This apparently parallels the use of Isaiah by John to reflect the spiritual blindness of the Jewish leaders (see the quotations from Isaiah in John 9:41 and 12:39-40).