John 12:46
I have come into the world, a light, that whoever believeth in me, might not abide in darkness.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
In Context
45And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.
Cross References
Luke 1:76And thou, child, wilt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou wilt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his way,
John 1:4In him was life; and the life was the light of man.
John 3:19And this is the ground of condemnation, that light hath come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, for their deeds have been evil.
Matthew Henry on John 12:45-50
Christ's Last Discourse with the Jews. 44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the… Read the whole commentary →