John 1:4
In it was lyfe and the lyfe was ye lyght of men
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
In Context
3All thinges were made by it and with out it was made nothinge that was made.
5and the lyght shyneth in the darcknes but the darcknes comprehended it not.
Cross References
Matthew 4:16ye people which sat in darknes sawe greate lyght and to them which sate in the region and shadowe of deeth lyght is begone to shyne.
Luke 2:32A light to lighten the gentyls and the glory of thy people Israel.
John 5:21For lykwyse as the father rayseth vp ye deed and quickeneth them even so the sonne quyckeneth whom he will.
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 →