{Except the Father draw him} (ean m(8820)helkus(8869) auton).
Negative condition of third class with ean m(885c) and first aorist
active subjunctive of helku(935c), older form helk(935c), to drag like
a net ( Joh 21:6 ), or sword ( 18:10 ), or men ( Ac 16:19 ), to
draw by moral power ( 12:32 ), as in Jer 31:3 . Sur(935c), the
other word to drag ( Ac 8:3 14:19 ) is not used of Christ's
drawing power. The same point is repeated in verse 65 . The
approach of the soul to God is initiated by God, the other side
of verse 37 . See Ro 8:7 for the same doctrine and use of
oude dunatai like oudeis dunatai here.
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