John 12:46
I am come into the world [as] light, that every one that believes on me may not abide in darkness;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
In Context
45and he that beholds me, beholds him that sent me.
Cross References
Psalms 36:9For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Isaiah 42:7to open the blind eyes, to bring forth the prisoner from the prison, them that sit in darkness out of the house of restraint.
Malachi 4:2And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves.
Luke 1:76And *thou*, child, shalt be called [the] prophet of [the] Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of [the] Lord to make ready his ways;
John 1:4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 3:19And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.
Matthew Henry on John 12:45-50
Christ's Last Discourse with the Jews. 44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the… Read the whole commentary →