John 1:5
and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
In Context
4In him was life, and the life was the light of men,
6There came a man — having been sent from God — whose name [is] John,
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
John 1:10in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:
John 12:36while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,
1 Corinthians 2:14and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know [them], because spiritually they are discerned;
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 →