John 1:10
He was in the Olam Hazeh, the Olam (world) came to be through him; + 1:10 Ps 33:6,9 yet the Olam Hazeh did not recognize him.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 16:13And she called the Shem of Hashem Who spoke unto her, El Roi (G-d Who Sees); for she said, Have I also here seen after Him that seeth me?
Genesis 18:33And Hashem went His way, as soon as He had left communing with Avraham; and Avraham returned unto his makom.
Jeremiah 10:11Thus shall ye say unto them: The g-ds that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and min techot (from under) these heavens. 1
John 1:5And the Ohr shines in the choshech, + 1:5 Ps 18:28 and the choshech did not grasp it. + 1:5 Isa 9:1
John 5:17But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach in reply, said to them, Avi until now is working and I am working. + 5:17 Gn 2:3
Acts 14:17And yet Hashem did not leave himself without an eidus (witness) in doing hatovim to you, giving geshem from Shomayim and seasons of bearing p'ri, filling you with okhel and your levavot with simcha. + 14:17 Dt 11:14; Job 5:10; Ps 65:10; 4:7; 147:20
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 →