John 1:17
Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
In Context
16And from his fullness we all received, even grace for grace.
Cross References
Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel.
Exodus 20:1And God spoke all these words, saying,
Deuteronomy 5:1And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.
Psalms 85:10Mercy and truth are met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Psalms 98:3He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Luke 1:54He helped his boy Israel to be reminded of mercy,
Matthew Henry on John 1:16-19
John's Testimony to Christ. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. In these verses, I. The evangelist begins again to give us John Baptist's testimony… Read the whole commentary →