John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
In Context
4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
6There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.
Cross References
John 1:10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, but the world did not know him.
John 12:36While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you will become sons of light.” After saying these things, Jesus went away and was hidden from them.
1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept what comes from the Spirit of God, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it because it is spiritually discerned.
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 →