John 1:4
In him was life, and the life is the light of the sons of man;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
In Context
3Every thing by his hand was made; and without him also was not one thing made that was made.
5and the Light himself in the darkness shineth, and the darkness perceived him not.
Cross References
Matthew 4:16The people who sat in darkness the great light hath seen; and they who have sat in the region and shadow of death, the light has arisen upon them.
Luke 2:32A light for the revelation of the peoples, And the glory of thy people Isroel.
John 5:21For as the Father raiseth the dead, and quickeneth, so also the Son quickeneth those whom he willeth.
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 →