John 1:5
And this light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 man.
6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
Cross References
John 1:10He was in the world; and the world was by his hand; and the world did not know him.
John 12:36While the light is with you, confide in the light; that ye may be children of the light. These things said Jesus, and departed, and concealed himself from them.
1 Corinthians 2:14For a man in his natural self, receiveth not spirituals; for they are foolishness to him. Neither can he know them; for they are discerned by the Spirit.
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 →