John 1:9
That was the true light, which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
In Context
8He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness concerning the light.
10He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.
Cross References
John 1:4In Him was life, and the life was the light of the men.
John 6:32Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
John 12:46I have come a light into the world, in order that every one believing on me may not abide in darkness.
John 15:1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
1 John 1:8But if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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 →