John 12:46
I the light am come into the world, that every one who believeth in me might not abide in darkness.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
In Context
45And he who seeth me seeth him who sent me.
Cross References
Luke 1:76And thou, child, the Prophet of the Most High Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, And thou shalt prepare his way;
John 1:4In him was life, and the life is the light of the sons of man;
John 3:19And this is the judgment, that the light hath come into the world, and the sons of men have loved darkness rather than the light, for their deeds have been evil.
Matthew Henry on John 12:45-50
Christ's Last Discourse with the Jews. 44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the… Read the whole commentary →