=39, 40. And this is the will of him that sent me, that the all which he has given me, from it I should lose nothing, but shall raise it up in the last day.= In omitting the word Father from verse 39 and inserting it in verse 40 I follow the best MSS. See _Alford_. The resurrection here spoken of is the resurrection of life, _i. e._, unto eternal life (ch. 5:29), which is given only through Christ (ch. 11:25; Phil. 3:10, 11).--=For this is the will of my Father, that every one= (πᾶς, not πᾶν), masculine, not neuter; the _whole_ is given to the Son; but each one must come by and for himself to the Son.--=Seeing the Son.= Looking unto him, as those bitten in the wilderness looked unto the brazen serpent (ch. 3:14, 15; Numb. 21:9; Isa. 45:22).--=And having faith in him.= Making Christ the substance of his hope as well as the object of his faith (Heb. 11:1; ver. 29, note).--=May have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.= These verses clearly imply (1) that there is nothing in any secret decree or election of God, or in the nature or extent of the provisions of divine grace, to limit the gift of eternal life or prevent any one from receiving it through faith in the Son; (2) that the only condition required is one inherent in the nature of the case, namely, a sincere belief in, and desire for, that spiritual life which alone is eternal and of which Christ is the supreme manifestation; (3) that whoever has once thus looked to Christ with living faith has an absolute assurance of preservation from the weakness of his own will, as well as from external temptation, an assurance afforded by Christ’s declaration, “Of all which he has given me I shall lose nothing.” It does not imply a literal bodily resurrection. The literalism which so reads this promise is akin to that which misinterpreted Christ’s language respecting eating his flesh and drinking his blood. The whole spirit and tone of this discourse is poetic and metaphorical. 41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. 42 And they said, Is[232] not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? [232] Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3; Luke 4:22.