John 1:11
He came to His own things, yet His own people did not receive Him.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
In Context
10He was in the world, the world that came into being by Him, yet the world did not know Him.
Cross References
Matthew 15:24But in answer He said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Luke 20:13Then the owner of the vineyard said: ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; hopefully they will respect him when they see him.’
Acts 3:25You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘Yes, in your seed all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
Acts 13:26“Men, brothers, sons of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God: to you the word of this salvation has been sent.
Acts 21:6After we had taken our leave of one another, we boarded the ship and they returned to their homes.
Romans 9:5The patriarchs are theirs, and from them came the Christ (the physical part), who is over all, God forever blessed. Amen.
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 →