John 1:5
and derknessis comprehendiden not it.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
In Context
4In hym was lijf, and the lijf was the liyt of men; and the liyt schyneth in derknessis,
6A man was sent fro God, to whom the name was Joon.
Cross References
John 1:10He was in the world, and the world was maad bi hym, and the world knew hym not.
John 12:36While ye han liyt, bileue ye in liyt, that ye be the children of liyt. Jhesus spak these thingis, and wente, and hidde hym fro hem.
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 →