John 1:9
This was that true light, which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
In Context
8He was not that light, but was sent to beare witnesse of that light.
10He was in the world, and the worlde was made by him: and the worlde knewe him not.
Cross References
Isaiah 49:6And hee sayde, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my seruaunt, to raise vp the tribes of Iaakob, and to restore the desolations of Israel: I will also giue thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou maiest bee my saluation vnto the ende of the worlde.
John 1:4In it was life, and that life was the light of men.
John 6:32Then Iesus said vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, Moses gaue you not that bread from heauen, but my Father giueth you that true bread from heauen.
John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoeuer beleeueth in me, should not abide in darkenes.
John 15:1I Am that true vine, and my Father is that husband man.
1 John 1:8If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and trueth is not in vs.
Matthew Henry on John 1:7-15
The Testimony of John Baptist; Christ's Incarnation. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as… Read the whole commentary →