John 6:39

Father’s. Textual evidence attests (cf. p. 146) the omission of this word, and the reading, “This is the will of him which hath sent me.” Whether or not the word was in the original text, reference is, of course, to the Father.

All. Gr. pan (see on v. 37). That this verse is not to be taken as indicating that a man who has once accepted Christ is inevitably His forever is clear from such passages as Luke 9:62; John 15:9, 10; Hebrew 6:4-6. Neither does this verse teach predestination in the sense that God’s choice of a man from eternity is the determining factor in one man’s salvation and another’s damnation (see on John 6:40). Rather, it is an expression of Jesus’ complete reliance upon His Father. See on ch. 3:17-20.

I ... should raise it up. Gr. anasteso auto. As previously in this chapter, so here the object is neuter, including not only men but all things given to Christ by the Father. In v. 37 Jesus had stated that it is the Father’s will that all things should come to Him; now He carried the thought further to assert that God’s will in this respect extends to the “last day.” Here Jesus looked forward to “the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father” (1 Cor. 15:24); when every creature in the universe will declare, “Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever” (Rev. 5:13).