John 1:5
and the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness never overpowered it.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
In Context
4That which came into being in him was life; and the life was the light of humanity;
6There appeared a man sent from God, whose name was John;
Cross References
John 1:10He was in the world; and through him the world came into being – yet the world did not know him.
John 12:36While you still have the light, believe in the light, so that you may be children of light.” After he had said this, Jesus went away, and hid himself from them.
1 Corinthians 2:14The merely intellectual person rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to them it is mere folly; they cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.
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 →