John 12:46
I have come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me may not abide in the darkness.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 who sent me.
Cross References
Luke 1:76And also thou, O child, shalt be called Prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare 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 has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds 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 →