41. Murmurabant ergo Iudaei de 41. The Jews therefore illo, quia dixisset: Ego sum murmured at him, because he panis vivus, qui de coelo had said, I am the living descendi. bread which came down from heaven. 42. Et dicebant: Nonne hic est 42. And they said: Is not this Iesus filius Ioseph, cuius nos Jesus the son of Joseph, whose novimus patrem et matrem? father and mother we know? How Quomodo ergo dicit hic: Quia than saith he, I came down de coelo descendi? from heaven? 43. Respondit ergo Iesus, et 43. Jesus therefore answered dixit eis: Nolite murmurare in and said to them: Murmur not invicem: among yourselves. 41‐43. The Jews, by whom the Scribes and Pharisees perhaps are meant, now murmur because He claims celestial origin, whereas they fancy they know Him to be an ordinary man, born in the ordinary way of an earthly father and mother. He merely reproves their murmuring without replying to their difficulty, and proceeds to declare the necessity of grace. 44. Nemo potest venire ad me, 44. No man can come to me, nisi Pater qui misit me except the Father, who hath traxerit eum: et ego sent me, draw him, and I will resuscitabo eum in novissimo raise him up in the last day. die. 44. No one can believe in Him, unless the Father draw him; _i.e._, by preventing and assisting grace. We have here a clear proof against the Pelagians, for the necessity of grace in order to faith. It must be borne in mind that, though we are drawn by God, we are drawn by impulses of grace which we are free to resist.(59) 45. Est scriptum in prophetis: 45. It is written in the Et erunt omnes docibiles Dei. prophets: _And they all shall Omnis qui audivit a Patre, et be taught of God_. Every one didicit, venit ad me. that hath heard of the Father and hath learned, cometh to me. 45. Christ declares _how_ we are drawn by the Father, namely, by an illumination of the intellect and motion of the will, so that we hear (“audivit”) and obey (“didicit”). *It is written in the Prophets: And they shall all be taught of God.* The Jewish Scriptures were divided into the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographers, and the reference here is to the portion written by the Prophets. The phrase: *They shall all be taught of God*, which is found substantially in Isaias, liv. 13, implies direct Divine teaching through the influence of the Spirit upon the mind and heart, and indicates not merely one Divine communication, but an established relationship, for the faithful who allow themselves to be drawn, are life‐long pupils in the school of God. 46. Non quia Patrem vidit 46. Not that any man hath seen quisquam, nisi is qui est a the Father, but he who is of Deo, hic vidit Patrem. God, he hath seen the Father.