John 1:4
In him was Chayyim (Life) and the Chayyim (Life) was the Ohr (Light) of Bnei Adam. + 1:4 Ps 36:9 [10]
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
In Context
5And the Ohr shines in the choshech, + 1:5 Ps 18:28 and the choshech did not grasp it. + 1:5 Isa 9:1
Cross References
Psalms 60:1(For the one directing. Set to The Shushan of the Edut. Mikhtam Dovid to instruct.
Isaiah 35:4Say to them that are of a fearful lev, 1 Be strong, fear not; 1 hinei, Eloheichem (your G-d) will come with nakam (vengeance), 1 with Elohim gemul (divine retribution) 1 He will come and save you. 1
Isaiah 42:16And I will bring the ivrim (blind) 1 by a derech that they knew not; 1 I will lead them in paths 1 that they have not known; 1 I will make choshech into ohr before them, 1 and crooked things straight. 1 These things will I do unto them, 1 and not forsake them. 1
Matthew 4:16the people sitting in CHOSHECH RAU OHR GADOL (darkness saw a great light), YOSHVEI V'ERETZ TZALMAVET (the ones living in the land of the shadow of death), a light has dawned among them.
Luke 2:32An Ohr (Light) to give hisgalus (revelation) to the Nations and the kavod (glory) of Your Am (people), Yisroel. + 2:32 Isa 42:6; 49:6
John 5:21For just as HaAv raises the Mesim (dead ones) and makes them alive, so also HaBen makes alive whom he wills. + 5:21 Dt 32:39; 1Sm 2:6; 2Kgs 5:7; Hos 6:2; Ruth 4:5
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 →