John 1:5
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
In Context
4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
6A man came to be who was sent from God, his name was John.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
John 1:10He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, and the world knew him not.
John 12:36While ye have the light, believe in the light, so that ye may become sons of light. Jesus spoke these things, and after departing, he was hid from them.
1 Corinthians 2:14Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.
Matthew Henry on John 1:2-6
John It is not material to enquire when and where this gospel was written; we are sure that it was given by inspiration of God to John, the brother of James, one of the twelve apostles, distinguished by the honourable character of that disciple whom Jesus loved, one of the first three of the worthies of the Son of David, whom he took to be the witnesses of his retirements, particularly of his transfiguration and his agony. The ancients tell us that John lived longest of all the twelve apostles, and was the only… Read the whole commentary →