John 1:11
He cam amonge his (awne) and his awne receaved him not.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
In Context
10He was in the worlde and the worlde was made by him: and yet the worlde knewe him not.
Cross References
Matthew 15:24He answered and sayde: I am not sent but vnto the loost shepe of the housse of Israel.
Luke 20:13Then sayde the lorde of the vyneyarde: what shall I do? I will sende my deare sonne him peradventure they will reverence when they se him.
Acts 3:25Ye are the chyldren of the Prophetes and of the covenaunt which God hath made vnto oure fathers sayinge to Abraham: Even in thy seede shall all the kinredes of the erth be blessed.
Acts 13:26Ye men and brethren chyldren of the generacion of Abraham and whosoever amonge you feareth God to you is this worde of salvacion sent.
Acts 21:6And when we had taken oure leave one of another we toke shyppe and they returned home agayne.
Romans 9:5whose also are the fathers and they of whome (as concernynge the flesshe) Christ came which is God over all thinges blessed for ever Amen.
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 →