Joh 5:40 | RWP | e4.org | And ye will not come to me ( κα ου θελετε ελθειν προς με ). "And yet" ( κα ) as often in John. "This is the tragedy of the rejection of Messiah by the Messianic race" (Bernard). See ; ( κα ουκ ηθελησατε , and ye would not). Men loved darkness rather than light ( ). That ye may have life ( ινα ζωην εχητε ). Life in its simplest form as in (cf. ). This is the purpose of John in writing the Fourth Gospel ( ). There is life only in Christ Jesus.

‏ John 5:40

And ye will not come to me ( κα ου θελετε ελθειν προς με ). "And yet" ( κα ) as often in John. "This is the tragedy of the rejection of Messiah by the Messianic race" (Bernard). See Joh 1:11; Mt 23:37 ( κα ουκ ηθελησατε, and ye would not). Men loved darkness rather than light (Joh 3:19).

That ye may have life ( ινα ζωην εχητε ). Life in its simplest form as in 3:36 (cf. 3:16). This is the purpose of John in writing the Fourth Gospel (20:31). There is life only in Christ Jesus.