John 12:46
I—light to the world—have come, that everyone who is believing in Me may not remain in the darkness;
Literal Standard Version
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 who is beholding Me, beholds Him who sent Me;
Cross References
Psalms 36:9For a fountain of life [is] with You, || In Your light we see light.
Isaiah 42:7To open the eyes of the blind, || To bring forth the bound one from prison, || Those sitting in darkness from the house of restraint.
Malachi 4:2But for you fearing My Name, || The Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings, || And you have gone forth, || And have bounded as calves of a stall.
Luke 1:76And you, child, || Prophet of the Highest will you be called; For you will 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 the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the 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 →