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44. οὐδεὶς δύναται. It is a moral impossibility: comp. Joh 3:3; Joh 3:5, Joh 5:44, Joh 8:43, Joh 12:39, Joh 14:17, Joh 15:4-5. The οὐδείς corresponds to the πᾶν in Joh 6:37, as ἑλκύσῃ to δίδωσιν: all that are given shall reach Christ; none but those who are drawn are able to come to Him. The aor. ἐλθεῖν expresses the result, rather than the process, as in τὸν ἐρχόμενον (Joh 6:37), and ἔρχεται (Joh 6:45).
ἑλκύσῃ. Comp. Joh 12:32, πάντας ἑλκύσω πρὸς ἐμαυτόν. Unlike σύρειν, ‘to drag’ (Act 8:3; Act 14:19; Act 17:6), ἑλκύειν does not necessarily imply force, but mere attraction of some kind, some inducement to come. Comp. Jer 31:3, ‘with lovingkindness have I drawn thee’ (εἵλκυσά σε), and Virgil’s trahit sua quemque voluptas. Ἑλκίσῃ expresses the internal process, δίδωσιν (Joh 6:37) the result.
κἀγώ. The Father begins the work of salvation, the Son completes it. The Father draws and gives; the Son receives, preserves, and raises up to eternal life.