John 1:4
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
In Context
3all things happened through Him, and without Him not even one thing happened that has happened.
5and the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not perceive it.
Cross References
Psalms 60:1TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILY OF TESTIMONY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, TO TEACH, IN HIS STRIVING WITH ARAM-NAHARAIM AND WITH ARAM-ZOBAH, WHEN JOAB TURNS BACK AND STRIKES EDOM IN THE VALLEY OF SALT—TWELVE THOUSAND. O God, You had cast us off, || You had broken us—had been angry! You turn back to us.
Isaiah 35:4Say to the hurried of heart, “Be strong, || Do not fear, behold, your God; vengeance comes, || The repayment of God, || He Himself comes and saves you.”
Isaiah 42:16And I have caused the blind to go, || In a way they have not known, || I cause them to tread in paths they have not known, || I make a dark place become light before them, || And unleveled places become a plain, || These [are] the things I have done to them, || And I have not forsaken them.
Matthew 4:16The people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death—light arose to them.”
Luke 2:32a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Your people Israel.”
John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead, and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom 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 →