John 1:10
The one called the Word came to the world. You know, God used that one called the Word to make everything in the world, but people in the world didn’t know who he was.
Plain English Version
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
11He came to his own countrymen, but most of them didn’t want him.
Cross References
Genesis 16:13Then Hagar said to herself, “I have seen the God that sees me, and he looks after me.” So she gave God a name, she called him the God that sees me.
Genesis 18:33Then they finished talking, and God left Abraham, and Abraham went back to his camp.
John 1:5That light shines out into the darkness and makes everything clear, and the darkness can’t put it out.
John 5:17Jesus said to them, “God, my father, is always working, and I am always working too.”
Acts 14:17but he still shows them that he is the only real God. He always did good things for them, and he does good things for you too. He gives you rain, and he makes your food grow, so that you can be happy.”
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 →