John 6:38

I came down. Literally, “I have come down.” The perfect tense, in the Greek, points to a specific act and also contemplates the existing results of that act. In v. 33 the incarnation is referred to as an eternal fact; here it is viewed from the standpoint of the specific event of Jesus’ birth among men, and the result of that event as seen in His ministry and abiding presence is also contemplated. See on vs. 33, 41.

Mine own will. Jesus’ complete submission to His Father is an assurance to the believer that all that Jesus does for him has its source in the loving heart of God. Christ’s words here clearly demonstrate the falsity of the opinion that God is angry with man and that salvation for sinners has its basis in Christ’s having appeased the Father’s wrath. Rather, Jesus’ life of ministry and sacrificial death for man were expressions of His Father’s love.