John 1:5
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
In Context
4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
6A man was sent from God, whose name was John.
Cross References
John 1:10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
John 12:36While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of the light. These things spake Jesus, and going away, concealed himself from them.
1 Corinthians 2:14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are folly to him: and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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 →