John 1:5
and the lyght shyneth in the darcknes but the darcknes comprehended it not.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
In Context
4In it was lyfe and the lyfe was the lyght of men
6There was a man sent from God whose name was Iohn.
Cross References
John 1:10He was in the worlde and the worlde was made by him: and yet the worlde knewe him not.
John 12:36Whyll ye have light beleve on the light that ye maye be the chyldren of light. These thinges spake Iesus and departed and hyd him silfe from them.
1 Corinthians 2:14For the naturall man perceaveth not the thinges of the sprete of god. For they are but folysshnes vnto him. Nether can he perceave them because he is spretually examined.
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 →