John 1:11
He came to his own, and his own did not accept him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
In Context
10He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, and the world knew him not.
Cross References
Matthew 15:24But having answered, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 20:13And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will be made ashamed after seeing this man.
Acts 3:25Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made for our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed all the patriarchies of the earth will be blessed.
Acts 13:26Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the word of this salvation was sent.
Acts 21:6And having bid farewell to each other, we went up in the ship, and those men returned to their own things.
Romans 9:5of whom are the fathers, and from whom (according to flesh) is the Christ, God who is over all is blessed into the ages. Truly.
Matthew Henry on John 1:7-15
The Testimony of John Baptist; Christ's Incarnation. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as… Read the whole commentary →