John 1:5
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
In Context
4In Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of men.
6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
Cross References
John 1:10He was in the world, and the world came into existence through Him, and the world did not recognize Him.
John 12:36In the degree that you have light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." Jesus said this, and went away and hid Himself from them.
1 Corinthians 2:14The unspiritual man rejects the things of the Spirit of God, and cannot attain to the knowledge of them, because they are spiritually judged.
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 →