John 1:17

For the law was given by the hand of Moses; but the reality and grace was by the hand of Jesus Messiah.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

In Context

16And of his plenitude have we all received, and grace for grace.

18No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.

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Cross References

Luke 1:54He hath aided Israel his servant, and remembered his mercy,

Matthew Henry on John 1:16-19

John's Testimony to Christ. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. In these verses, I. The evangelist begins again to give us John Baptist's testimony… Read the whole commentary →

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