John 6:45 (WEB)
It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father and has learned, comes to me.
Catechism · 1
“For this reason the specifically Christian sense of this fourth petition concerns the Bread of Life: the Word of God accepted in faith, the Body of Christ received in the Eucharist.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 6:26-58.
Fathers and councils · 34
Tertullian
“No man indeed was able to come to Him, except the Father attracted him; whereas every one who had heard and learnt of the Father came to Him.”” — editor's note: John vi. 37–45.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…with the knowledge of God, and the disciples have made disciples of all the nations, and now is fulfilled what is written, ‘They shall be all taught of God.’” — editor's note: John vi. 45; Is. liv. 13.
Read the whole comment“And the happy man, as it is written, was taught of God.” — editor's note: Isai. liv. 13; John vi. 45.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For it is the word of Truth: “Every man that hath heard and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto Me.”” — editor's note: John vi. 45.
Read the whole comment“And they answer, To see the glory of God.” — editor's note: John vi. 45.
Read the whole comment“After this address, too, his narrative is again borne on to one subject after another, in a sublime strain.” — editor's note: John vi. 22–72.
Read the whole comment“John, on the other hand, has said nothing about the body and blood of the Lord in this context; but he plainly certifies that the Lord spake to that effect on another occasion, with much greater fulness than here.” — editor's note: John vi. 32–64.
Read the whole comment“And after that judgment, i.e. when the process of distinguishing and separating the righteous from the unrighteous has taken place, God will so dwell in the righteous, that there will be no need for any one being taught by man, but all will be, as it is written, “taught of God.”” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 13; John vi. 45.
Read the whole comment“…by the sound of the expression or by temporal signs of any kind: things all of which will certainly no more have existence when all shall be taught of God, and thus shall no longer be making known to others by movement of their bodies, but drinking in each one for himself by the purity of his mind the ineffable…” — editor's note: Isa. liv. 13; John vi. 45.
Read the whole comment“Listen to the Father speaking in the passage where thou readest, “The Lord said unto me, Thou art my Son:” listen to Him also teaching, in that where thou readest, “Every man that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.”” — editor's note: Chap. vi. 45.
Read the whole comment“So shall the result be, that not from outward teachers will you learn those things which the Lord at that time declined to utter, but be all taught of God; so that the very things which you have learned and believed by means of lessons and sermons supplied from without regarding the nature of God, as incorporeal,…” — editor's note: Chap. vi. 45.
Read the whole comment“But any spiritual man may teach another man what he knows, provided the Holy Spirit grant him an enlarged capacity for profiting, wherein also the teacher himself may get some further increase, in order that both may be taught of God.” — editor's note: Chap. vi. 45.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“He had said before, “Search the Scriptures” ( c. v. 39 ); and again, “It is written in the Prophets, And they shall be taught of God” ( c. vi. 45 ); and, “Moses accuseth you” ( c. v. 45 ); and here,“As the Scripture hath said, rivers shall flow from his belly,” alluding to the largeness and abundance of grace.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Wherefore Christ said, “No man hath seen God at any time” ( c. i. 18 ); and again, “Every man that hath heard and hath learned from God cometh unto Me.” ( c. vi. 45.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And that thou mayest learn that this was far better, hear what He saith by the Prophet: “I will make a new covenant with you, putting my laws into their mind, and in their heart I will write them,” and, “they shall be all taught of God.”” — editor's note: Jerem. xxxi. 31–33; Is. liv. 13; Heb. viii. 8–11; John vi. 45.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth in Me hath eternal life.” — editor's note: Ib. 45–47.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…to me, they will not, as time and this evil alike progress, have any one left to rule, when all are teachers, instead of, as the promise says, taught of God, and all prophesy, so that even “Saul is among the prophets,” according to the ancient history and proverb.” — editor's note: Is. liv. 13; S. John vi. 45.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
The Jews, so long as they thought to get food for their carnal eating, had no misgivings; but when this hope was taken away, then, we read, the Jews murmured at Him because He said, I am the bread which came down…
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But they were far from being fit for that heavenly bread, and did not hunger for it. For they had not that hunger of the inner man.
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It is evident that they did not yet know of His miraculous birth: for they call Him the Son of Joseph. Nor are they blamed for this. Our Lord does not reply, I am not the Son of Joseph: for the miracle of His birth…
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He took man’s flesh upon Him, but not after the manner of men; for, His Father being in heaven, He chose a mother upon earth, and was born of her without a father. The answer to the murmurers next follows: Jesus…
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But here the Manichees attack us, asserting that nothing is in our own power. Our Lord’s words however do not destroy our free agency, but only shew that we need Divine assistance. For He is speaking not of one who…
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Now if we are drawn to Christ without our own will, we believe without our own will; the will is not exercised, but compulsion is applied. But, though a man can enter the Church involuntarily, he cannot believe other…
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Or the Father draws to the Son, by the works which He did by Him.
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Great indeed is the Son’s dignity; the Father draws men, and the Son raises them up. This is no division of works, but an equality of power. He then shews the way in which the Father draws. It is written in the…
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Or thus; When a schoolmaster is the only one in a town, we say loosely, This man teaches all here to read; not that all learn of him, but that he teaches all who do learn. And in the same way we say that God teaches…
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All the men of that kingdom shall be taught of God; they shall hear nothing from men: for, though in this world what they hear with the outward ear is from men, yet what they understand is given them from within;…
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He uses the plural, In the Prophets, because all the Prophets being filled with one and the same spirit, their prophecies, though different, all tended to the same end; and with whatever any one of them says, all the…
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These words are not found in Joel, but something like them; Be glad then ye children of Sion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for He hath given you a Teacher. (Quia dedit nobis lectorem justitiæ. Vulg.) And more…
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An important distinction. All men before learnt the things of God through men; now they learn them through the Only Son of God, and the Holy Spirit.
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All that are taught of God come to the Son, because they have heard and learnt from the Father of the Son: wherefore He proceeds, Every man that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh to Me. But if every…
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Behold then how the Father draweth; not by laying a necessity on man, but by teaching the truth. To draw, belongeth to God: Every one that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh to Me. What then? Hath…
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We are all from God. That which belongs peculiarly and principally to the Son, He omits the mention of, as being unsuitable to the weakness of His hearers.
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Cross-references · 15
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 77.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on John 6:41–46 (Catena Aurea) and 2 other places.
Cited together in Bede on John 6:41–46 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.6.