John 1:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

John 1:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He was in the world - This refers, probably, not to his pre-existence, but to the fact that he became incarnate; that he dwelt among human beings. And the world was made by him - This is a re...
John 1:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(q) He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. (q) The person of the Word was made manifest even at that time when the world was made.
John 1:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Work of the Light before the Incarnation. But in truth the light, which lighteth every man, was always coming into the world. Possibly John 1:9 means that when John was witnessing, the true l...
John 1:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

was made . came into being. knew. Greek. ginosko. App-132. One of the characteristic words of this Gospel. See p. 1511.
John 1:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. He was in the world. He accuses men of ingratitude, because of their own accord, as it were, they were so blinded, that the cause of the light which they enjoyed was unknown to them. This...
John 1:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1596 BENEFIT OF RECEIVING CHRIST John 1:10-12 . He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But...
John 1:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He was in the world - From its very commencement - he governed the universe - regulated his Church - spake by his proph...
John 1:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He was in the world, &c.— The Word and Son of God came down to earth; and though the world was made by him, all the inhabitants thereof being the work of his hands, yet that very world, that is...
John 1:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He was in the world (as already hinted, and presently to be more explicitly announced), and the world was made...
John 1:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Divinity and Incarnation of the Word. Witness of John. The First Disciples 1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was made man, (3) that He revealed the Father. This...
John 1:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the world. — This manifestation in the flesh recalls the pre-incarnate existence during the whole history of the world, and the creative act itself. (Comp. John 1:2-3 , Note). The two facts are...
John 1:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 2 RECEPTION CHRIST MET WITH. John 1:1-18 . In describing the Word of God, John mentions two attributes of His by which His relation to men becomes apparent: “All things were made by Him...
John 1:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Light for the New Year's Path John 1:1-13 The titles of our Lord are set forth in royal fashion. As speech reveals the hidden thoughts of men, so does our Lord utter the unseen God. God spa...
John 1:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction to the whole Book. The main declaration is found by bring...
John 1:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 received him, to them gave he power to bec...
John 1:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

BLINDNESS OF HEART ‘He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.’ John 1:10 These are the words in which the last of the Apostles summed up the direct and...
John 1:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He was in the world ,.... This is to be understood, not of his incarnation; for the word was denotes past existence in the world, even all the time past from the creation of the world; and the world...
John 1:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. Ver. 10. He was in the world ] Here the evangelist goes on where he left: resumes, and proceeds in his former argum...
John 1:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He was in the world From the beginning, frequently appearing, and making known to his servants, the patriarchs and prophets, the divine will, in dreams and visions, and various other ways: and the...
John 1:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CHRIST THE LIVING WORD (vs.1-5) Revelation 19:13 , speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is called the Word of God." As such He had no beginning: in the beginning He was there. In person...
John 1:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
John 1:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He was in the world; he was in the place called the world, and amongst the men of the world; for so the term world is often taken, 1 Thessalonians 16:28 2 Peter 3:6 . Christ, before he ca...
John 1:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The content of Jonah's prophecy, which is described in the usual terms of ‘the word of YHWH', is depicted as being that YHWH wanted the wickedness of Nineveh to be brought to the attention of its peo...
John 1:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 1:1 . In the beginning, etc.—ἐν�. The בְּרֵאשִׁית etc., of Genesis 1 denotes the beginning of that movement of the divine creative energy from which sprang...
John 1:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

world Greek, "kosmos" means "mankind". ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 4:8 ).
John 1:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 1:1 . In the beginning was the Word, Christ the Word has existed from all eternity. He is the eternal Son of the eternal Father; he is really what Melchisedec was metaphorically, «having ne...
John 1:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:1 . In the beginning was the Word. Εν αρχη ο λογος. John begins the new creation with the words of Moses of the old creation, and continues to speak of Christ in the running language of all...
John 1:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

He was in the world The treatment of Christ by men I. By the WORLD. 1. They were in a condition in which they might have known much of Him. He made the world and preserved it and was in it....
John 1:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE title of the book is differently given in the manuscripts and ancient versions, and the differences are so considerable that they cannot be referred to the original text. The si...
John 1:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.
John 1:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:21 ; 1 Corinthians 2:8 ; 1 John 3:1 ; Acts 14:17 ; Acts 17:24-27 ; Exodus 3:4-6 ; Genesis 11:6-9 ; Genesis 16:13 ; Genesis 17:1 ; Genesis 18:33 ; Hebrews 1:2 ; Hebrews 1:3...
John 1:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Seeing Christ in John John 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is not difficult for us to find the Lord Jesus in the Book of John. We have always been told that John, by the Holy Ghost, sets forth th...
John 1:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He was in the world — Even from the creation.

John 1:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 1:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

John 1:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 1:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

John 1:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 1:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 1:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 1:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 1:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 1:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 1:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 1:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 1:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John 1:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 1:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 1:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 1:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 1:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 1:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

John 1:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 1:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 1:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 1:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 1:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 1:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 1:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes