John 1:9
The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
In Context
8*He* was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.
10He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.
Cross References
Isaiah 49:6and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
John 1:4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 6:32Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, [It is] not Moses that has given you the bread out of heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
John 12:46I am come into the world [as] light, that every one that believes on me may not abide in darkness;
John 15:1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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 →