John 1:9

There was a very light (or There was a true light), which (en)lighteneth each man that cometh into this world.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

In Context

8He was not that light, but that he should bear witnessing of the light. (He was not that light, but he testified about the light.)

10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:6And he said, It is little, that thou be a servant to me, to raise the lineages of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel; I gave thee into the light of heathen men, that thou be mine health till to the last part of [the] earth. (And he said, It is too little a thing, that thou be my servant only to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to bring back the descendants of Israel; I shall make you also to be a light unto the heathen, so that thou can be my salvation unto the ends of the earth.)

John 1:4In him was life, and the life was the light of men;

John 6:32Therefore Jesus saith to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses gave you not bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you very bread from heaven; (And so Jesus said to them, Truly, I tell you the truth, it is not Moses that gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father, who now giveth you the true bread from heaven;)

John 12:46I (as a) light came into the world, that each that believeth in me, dwell not in (the) darknesses. (I came as a light into the world, so that everyone who believeth in me, remain not in darkness.)

John 15:1I am a very vine, and my Father is an earth-tiller. (I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.)

1 John 1:8If we say, that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and (the) truth is not in us.

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 →

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