John 1:5
And the Ohr shines in the choshech, + 1:5 Ps 18:28 and the choshech did not grasp it. + 1:5 Isa 9:1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
In Context
6There came an ish haElohim (a man of G-d), having been sent from Hashem. His name was Yochanan.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1
John 1:10He 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.
John 12:36While you have the Ohr, walk in the Ohr that you may become Bnei HaOhr. These things spoke Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. And, having gone away, he was hidden from them.
1 Corinthians 2:14But a natural person does not receive the things of the Ruach Hakodesh of Hashem, for they are narrishkait (foolishness) + 2:14 1C 1:21-24 to him, and he is not able to have personal saving da'as of them, because they are discerned in the Ruach Hakodesh.
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 →