John 1:17
For the law by the hand of Musha was given; but the truth and the grace were by Jeshu Meshicha.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
In Context
16And from his fulness we all have received, and grace for grace.
Cross References
Luke 1:54He hath helped Isroel his servant, And hath remembered his mercy;
Matthew Henry on John 1:16-19
John's Testimony to Christ. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. In these verses, I. The evangelist begins again to give us John Baptist's testimony… Read the whole commentary →