John 1:4
Life was in Him, and Life was the light of men.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
In Context
3All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him.
5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Cross References
Psalms 60:1Unto the end. With hymns, of David.
Isaiah 35:4Say to the fainthearted: “Take courage and fear not! Behold, your God will bring the vindication of retribution. God himself will arrive to save you.”
Isaiah 42:16And I will lead the blind along a way which they do not know. And I will cause them to walk along paths with which they were unfamiliar. I will turn darkness into light before them, and crooked into straight. These things I have done for them. For I have not abandoned them.
Matthew 4:16A people who were sitting in darkness have seen a great light. And unto those sitting in the region of the shadow of death, a light has risen.”
Luke 2:32the light of revelation to the nations and the glory of your people Israel.”
John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wills.
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 →