John 1:8
He was not that lyght: but to beare witnes of the lyght.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
In Context
7The same cam as a witnes to beare witnes of the lyght that all men through him myght beleve.
9That was a true lyght which lyghteth all men that come into the worlde.
Cross References
John 1:20And he confessed and denyed not and sayde playnly: I am not Christ.
Acts 19:4Then sayde Paul: Iohn verely bapiised with the baptim of repentaunce sayinge vnto the people that they shuld beleve on him which shuld come after him: that is on Christ Iesus.
Matthew Henry on John 1:7-15
The Testimony of John Baptist; Christ's Incarnation. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as… Read the whole commentary →