John 1:11

He came to his own countrymen, but most of them didn’t want him.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

In Context

10The 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.

12But some people did want him. They believed in him, so God said they can join his family, and be his own kids.

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Cross References

Acts 3:25God promised all these things to our grand-fathers that lived a long time ago, and he promised them to you too. A long time ago, God said to our grand-father Abraham, ‘I will use your family to do good things for all the nations in the world.’

Acts 13:26Listen, friends. Some of you are Jews that belong to our grand-father Abraham’s family, and some of you are not Jews but you respect our God. All of you have to listen to this message that God sent to us. It is about how God wants to save us.

Acts 21:6After that, we said goodbye to those other Christians, then we got on the ship, and the others went back to their homes.

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 →

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