Neuter, of persons as in 3:6, 18:2; 1 Cor. 1:27. It designates them as a “totam, quasi massam,” Bengel.—ὁ δίδ. μοι ὁ πατ.] viz. by the efficacious influence of His grace (vv. 44, 45), whereby He inclines them to come, and draws them to me; οὐ τὸ τυχὸν πρᾶγμα ἡ πίστις ἡ εἰς ἐμέ. ἀλλὰ τῆς ἄνωθεν δεῖται ῥοπῆς, Chrysostom. Moral self-determination (5:40, 7:17; Matt. 23:37) may obey this influence (ver. 40), and may withstand it; he who withstands it is not given Him by the Father,